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Awesome, I'll do that!

Aw, thank you so much! I really appreciate it. My player ID is 46519.

As for breeding them yourself (which is just 500 per foal but they take some time to start earning good), bootstrapping is great for that. Find yourself a high star stallion to buy, doesn’t matter what genes, just a random star for sale as cheap as you can get, and breed him to a bunch of foundation mares in pasture, and then just BA all the babies - they’ll all get snipped but should have some pretty nice show stats.

That is, of course, only one type of bootstrapping, just so I don’t confuse you - the other type is breeding, then BA on only the colts so they become show ponies, but keeping the untested fillies to breed back to their sire when they’re older (it gets you blue and gold mares pretty quick, and then show geldings too, though since you just need show ponies for now I’d suggest snipping everything until you feel a little more established - a 3:1 show horse to breeder ratio is good, more if you can do more).

Eras don't mean much as far as breeding goes, they are just for showing purposes so that members who have been around a long time and breeding a long time can compete on a level playing field with beginners. For a bootstrapping stud, *star papers are more important. If you are interested in bootstrapping, I would suggest joining the bootstrapping buddy chat. There are a ton of awesome people in there who can get you set up with a good stud!

Gotcha, thanks! I was under the impression that a newer era line of show horses would perform better and be more lucrative. I sent a request to the bootstrapping buddy chat!