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RedRockRanch · Jul 11, 2017 3:32 PM

To those of you who have decided to start over with your breeding horses, why? Also did everything get snipped/sold or did you save some of them? I'm considering getting new foundation mares and stallions next month but really love some of my second generation stallions. I realize there probably is no "right" answer but would it be wise to only restart my first gens and save my second gens? Or is it better to do a clean sweep?

Now that I've been playing for a bit I feel like I have a better idea of what I'd be interested in color-wise and most of my first generation horses don't necessarily have those genes. I'm considering taking off breeding next month anyway (I have some obligations that might make keeping up with breeding and culling foals difficult during that time) if that is any part of the decision making process.

Lifestyle · Jul 11, 2017 4:07 PM

What I did was start opening tabs and thinking are you what I want to breed for? If not off to the sales/auction. I did this within several auctions and I am still working on it.

Timber · Jul 11, 2017 4:55 PM

When I finally decided to breed for certain colors, I kept all my old horses and either snipped them or used them for auction fodder. I'd heavily recommend even if you're not gonna breed for specific things next season, throw as many mares in the pasture you can and throw all the foals into auction. (Snip them all first if they're horses you don't want to share woith anyone.) I did that this season and it helped me out terribly. I bought a 40k RS, and I'm only 2 IVs away from from a 30 stall barn. Then I have the rest of the season to accumulate hbs to prepare for a serious season.

Cheers · Jul 11, 2017 5:18 PM

I dispersed my entire herd earlier this year because life got busy on me and I felt I wanted my Breeders to be used, not waste away in my pastures. Life calmed down earlier than I expected so I'm back now and rebuilding.

When I had my big herd previously, I changed directions a few times with certain lines. I usually was able to change out stallions, or shift around mares to take advantage of genes that I wanted in a different way.

If your gen 2 stallions work for where you want to go, I would encourage you to keep them. If you want to replace some of your mares, go for it. Remember searching owner 13 is a great resource for new foundation Perfect Foundation equivalent stock.

Other people have given you the tip of using your unwanted mares to give you a crop of auction fodder foals. Remember to get those foals from the pasture to maximize profits!

Remember that you want a ratio of about 3 show ponies for every breeding horse you have. This could be a good opportunity to increase your show herd.

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