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Stefliz · May 9, 2017 7:20 AM

Hey .
I was wondering if i should thin the breedingstock a bit. Who in this barn would you "snip" or spay?
I cant really choose from all my studs.... and there is a couple of mares too that im a little uncertain of... Pleace have a look :)

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Stefliz · May 9, 2017 7:26 AM

The same goes for this barn but only the studs :)

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/adv_search.php?owner=29429&owner_lm=like&barn=17931&barn_lm=like&runsearch=1

AztecArabians · May 9, 2017 7:33 AM

Personally, I would snip and spay all yellow and C papered G2 + foals/horses.

Testing will be your best friend in getting good quality breeding stock! If you have the room in your budget to comparison test your colts to their sire, snip all those that are inferior/AGA and only keep those that are superior, I would recommend that. I also comparison test superior foals from their sires against each other to find which foal/s really are the cream of the crop.

Unfortunately we are not yet able to comparison test mares against each other and their foals, but after they have had three or more foals you will be able to gauge how good a breeder they are, through their AFPT (Average Foal Performance Test). If their AFPT is higher than their PT (which doesn't have an effect on their breeding ability, just their showing ability), then they are higher up in their paper level - to my understanding.

Foundations are okay to be yellow and C papered, but if you can I would make a pasture for each generation you're breeding and leave the mares in there. They will get a boost in their breeding ability when they are in there for 30+ days, plus it is cheaper to breed in the pasture (500hbs per mare) as opposed to 1000hbs per mare!

Keep all of your spay and gelds in your barns to gain showing points to add to your bonus.

Stefliz · May 10, 2017 3:24 AM

Ok i try to sort out my barns and pastures but should i put the foals in the pastures? Or only grown mares?

Cheers · May 10, 2017 3:49 AM

You need to make sure all foals are out of your pastures before the 28th of the month or else you risk losing them in the automatic sell back. Ammit recommends that "keeper" foals never be stored in pastures.

You can put 3 year old mares in pastures to gain the pasture bonus for their 4 year old season, but until then I would keep the girls showing to earn some points to add to my show bonus! Honestly, I often wasn't organized enough to get my girls into the pasture early enough to have the full bonus for their first season, but I reaped some benefits in having them showing a few extra weeks...very point counts, especially when it comes time to comparison test...that gets expensive fast, so having a decent show bonus really comes to mean you have a better show herd too...you can afford to test as much as you need to instead of cutting corners.

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