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Still trying to figure a plan myself. I let my organization get away from me here lately and its been a massive undertaking to get it back in line. 8-}

Right now I'm going through foundations that have leveled off and showing to see where they place. Show barn for those that do well and auctioning the bad (unless they have desirable genes and have already decent foals - at least a paper level higher) I'm hoping others may give pointers.

I usually am auctioning off foals that don't make SBA and/or superior (some are kept as gorgeous show ponies) Maybe cull after 7 seasons? If at least 5 foals are still on record (nice ones) they stay in pastures or they go.

Pretty always gets me and I hoard. Prolly best not to listen to me. Haha.

For my mares I've got 'levels' they need to pass.

A) does she carry the genes I'm breeding for? Yes, she stays. No, she joins the show herd.
B) does she pass all testing? I use SBA and comparison testing. They must be about as good as the benchmark I'm using for that generation, and superior to their dam.
C) is her PT score where I want to see it? Can I bump it up with GMTing consistency? For some, the PT score will never be as high as other mares in that line, so she might join the show barn instead.

I'm really challenging myself to get higher quality, high PT horses, so it has added a lot of restrictions for what I keep intact each season, but it has also helped me to lower how many mares I breed each season, lol.

Hoarding as many horses as you have room for is a good thing, according to Ammit. Obviously it won't go well if you keep all of the pretty barn wreckers, and toss the boring chestnut 13 PT ponies in auction lol.