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Showing Bonus points. The best way to make money is to have a BIG herd of show horses. You should be looking for the number of all time points a horse has. Thos Show only horses will eventually start to make you some cash, but it takes several months for them to get up to the number of points that really help.

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9681/general-information-showing-and-levels#Item_4

I've made loads of money through selling off expro/experf RS mares, though that depends what you want from the game. I decided they're too good for my breeding programme, and I'll have more fun playing around to see what I get from less valuable horses (though I'm keeping perfect foundation RS's because they get fun genes and high quality into the herd). I've seen a lot of advice about running forum auctions for them but actually I find I can get a higher price through straight selling, because looking at the forum auctions they don't seem to attract much interest while when I just set a price someone will jump in and grab it because they know that otherwise they'll miss the chance. Also straight selling is easier. I looked at a few RS's which other people had sold and saw how much they'd fetched to get an idea of what to ask, and I've found that an exceptional producer/exceptionally perfect RS can fetch 80-100k straight off. (Colour test first, so your buyer knows exactly what they're getting). From the proceeds of those sales I've bought a basic upgrade, and having cash to splash found some nice HHs in the "herd helper" section of the forum - I used the "Great Show Horses" one to create a load of show ponies, to up my showing bonus and give me some more sustainable income. On top of that, anything that passes MA/GA is bred, as auctioning foals raises more than the cost of the producing them. (Which foals to sell? I extract potential breeding stock then follow crude methods like "the plain-looking ones without pretty patterns")

Of course there are many ways to play the game. I'm currently playing mostly along the lines of "let's see what pretty patterns I can make", with quality as a minor consideration, at least while I get my herd up and running. All my horses must go through free testing, but if they pass that I'll let 'em have a run. Later, I'll get stricter, but I want some decent show bonus income first, to be able to afford the more advanced testing. And as an impatient person, I want to get things up and running as quickly as possible.

And don't let the high numbers scare you. Once those show ponies start raking in the cash you will be able to afford an upgrade where you will find the Auto Trainer (trains all your horses for you) and Auto Show (automatically enters a majority of your horses 2 times a week - you can set it to do all kinds of different things).

Thank you all!!