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The button is always set to auto-desex on all tests for me EXCEPT on the consistency test when I'm checking my best pasture foals. For the very best ones I'm willing to spend a GMT token to make them consistent instead of let them be spayed/gelded. SAT is always set to auto-spay.

I don't even test for consistency. As far as I was aware it only applies to showing, and it doesn't bother me if my breeders aren't good showers.

I haven't been able to figure out the AFPT on a mare. Not sure how to do that? I don't quite understand that.

Inconsistency pulls down your PT scores and makes it harder for your foals to pass testing. It's a good idea to use consistency testing.

I definitely second Ammit's advice to use consistency testing. It's also helpful to uncheck the automatic geld/spay button if you have a horse or a foal that you really want to keep intact. If it turns out to be inconsistent, then, if you can afford the 20 IV's for a GMT token (or the cost to buy it for real money), it is easy to make that animal consistent and retest. It will test consistent AND its PT score will be increased.

Best-- on AFPT.

It's literally an average. So add the PTs of all the foals of a certain mare and divide by the number of foals that have been PTd and you have your AFPT. Most of us wait til the mare has 3 foals to worry about this.

It's not really about what the scores "should" be. And there aren't really trends here--I've had mares consistently throw everything in a very narrow range or others that randomly throw across a large one. Sometimes a mare will throw 3 or 4 foals with a high PT in a row and then suddenly throw a really low PT (at which point I always look which stallion was the dad! But sometimes it was the same stud for all the foals).

Everyone has their own cut offs for AFPT. Many of us start with lower cut offs and move the bar as we build up the size of our barns. When I started a year ago I was keeping any gen 2 with a PT 9.5 and over. Now they have to hit 10.0 to stay with me.

The strictness you use in your testing mostly will depend on three things: your personal breeding goals, your ability to afford lots of testing and your barn capacity to keep foals to grow out. The best way to build the second two is to have a huge and profitable show herd--big enough to fund your testing and enable you to buy more barns.

@Cheers, I still reference it once in a blue moon though. I find it helpful. If you have the time to spare, I would love to see your new process described.

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=382265

I took this mare who has 7 foals and after I added up her foals pt scores and divided by 7 her AFPT score is 10.1 correct?

My colt got the lowest pt score of 9.9

Best Friend you dont have to do the math for AFPT as long as you pt test the foals your mare's AFPT will show at the bottom of her "family" page under where it says how many foals she has :)

Oops! Sorry! I totally forgot that was a premium upgrade feature.