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30 is a good number. The higher the PT the longer tje horse will train for and the higher the showing level and the more points they earn per placing. If that doesnt make semse I can tag someine whos better at explaining.
Points is what youre looking for as far as bonus goes. I suggest also adopting horses from the adoptable program.
If you need a high PT stallion to help you bring in higher PTed foals i can get one of mine for you.

I kept 115 this year. Though I did get a new barn right before then and already have to get another. All the show ponies I am keeping are starting to pay for their barns though. I would keep as many as I have room for.

I keep everything! So yes all the spays/gelds are kept for show ponies!

I'm with Kintara. I also keep everything :)

Yes I keep everything even inconsistent and low PT horses no lower the 9 though. Because I have seen some great show horses that are inconsistent and have lower PT around 9 or 10. The horse with the most points in the whole game has a PT of around 10. So I keep everything even foals they could grow up to be great showers you just never know :)

Like Kintara and Maribo, I keep everything. I bought new barns when ever I could to be able to keep everything. It took a while, but now my stable stands on its own because of the show bonuses. And I can by a barn or two every season to put them in.

I keep everything, but you do have to balance it with space. I actually recommend all new stables breed for profit (rotating foundation mares through a single pastures and selling all the foals in auction without testing.) rather than keeping any show horses. Show horses and show profits are great, but in order to make a decent amount of money off them you really do need to have them in large numbers, which is difficult for a small stable, just starting out.

However, even a small herd of for profit mares, who show as well, can earn a tidy sum for a small barn.

Let's take your 30 foals for example. 30 show foals will take 9-11 months to really start earning you a decent profit, and even then it is likely to be less than 2000hb's a day. In the mean time you've got no space to work with and you have to keep getting rid of foals you might have wanted to keep each month. (Don't buy established show horses, no one sells good show horses, they sell poor ones, and those are rarely going to earn you back what you paid for them, you are better off saving your money.)

Now, if those 30 foals were 30 4 year old foundation mares. You can still show them, and every 30 days you can cycle them through a pasture for a few minutes and breed them. Then you just throw all 30 foals in the auction. So now those 30 horses are earning you their showing money plus an extra 2000hb's a month. So you earn show money and 60k HB's a month. If you only keep mares as your show herd for the first year or so of playing the game you can earn a great deal more cash than you can with a traditional show herd.

With more money you can buy more barns, once you have a decent number of barns you can start a real show herd. I have found that once I got 300 Show mares it got to be too annoying, and I had a nice nest egg by that point. That is when I switched to keeping all my altered foals and building up a real show herd. It took around a year, but being able to keep all my altered horses really helped build things up quickly.

So, in short. I suggest all new/struggling barns use intact mares as their show herd, and cycle them through the pasture once a month to breed for profit babies. Do this until you have a few 210 stall barns for show horses and a decent nest egg. Then start a dedicated show herd.

My show herd is growing faster than a linear rate meaning I'm keeping more than one show horse per one breeding horse. Though I wouldn't say my show herd is growing exponentially. Last month I kept 272 horses intended for showing compared to 76 potential breeding stock.

The month before I kept 201 show horses. And before that 136 show horses. Much prior to those months, I was consistently adding at least 30 show horses to my herd.