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I think almost everyone uses it. I always do, and I still end up with way too many breeding mares :P

I use it all the time, too. It doesn't cull too many fillies, I've found, and, like Maribo, I still end up with too many mares.

Always use it.

If SMA spays it, it wasn't worth breeding.

Honestly, it's worth that moment of Nooooooooooooooooo...... when SMA spays a mare you really liked, in the long run. It saves you a barnful of babies that have low PTs or gelded/poorly papered stud colts from her, because studs get culled much more readily (which means they are higher quality), and the secret to successful intact babies is to breed colts and mares who are of comparable (better) quality. Besides, you can always keep her to show if you really like her. The only time it really hurts is if it was a straw I might not get again, but even if a straw wasn't guaranteed players are usually pretty generous about letting you try again.

When I look back on stuff I kept even though it was unevenly bred because I liked the color, or kept breeding even though they papered badly (same reason), or (ack) GMT'd to a mare because a horse didn't make the cut as a stallion in my early days of breeding, I kind of roll my eyes at then-me.

Put this on a sticky note and slap it on your monitor: There's always next season. And they come pretty fast on HJ2.

Oh, and one more thing! I'm finding that my pasture babies are rarely ever spayed by SMA, once I have the pasture mares culled to good quality, so work on that!