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I will check every couple of months. Everyone gets a "by" until they are 6 years old. At that point, if they are costing me a good bit of money, I will cut them loose. This only applies to my show horses, breeding stock is kept regardless.

I almost never cull my show horses. I have way too many to keep a close eye on, for one thing. I also hold that unless a horse with a low PT and very few points (and those are more likely to be intact) levels off in a very bad spot, they will still be contributing enough to keep.

About the only time I check is when a horse shows up on the damages list with a large penalty. Then I compare their total points with their total damages and cull any where the latter is greater than the former. This doesn't weed out many, of course, but it does catch a few. Most of the time, however, the point total leaves plenty of slack for the damages total.

I never cull show horses - I figure chances are by the time they level off, even if they level off in a bad place they at least have a few points on them which means they're earning me money.

The only time I cull is when they are ready to turn 18 and I get rid of those with low points then so I have more space in the barns for show foals and they may age out naturally and you get nothing for them. (A bit evil when you think about it