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I was correct in thinking that it does automatically geld/spay then?

Thanks, I thought it must have been that I Fat Fingered, and the box got unchecked on my Mobil. It sure is easier to spay/geld when I did that. I have only made that mistake, the other way once, and that was in the old Stock Horse game, before WHG. I was still sick about it, years later......

Question, dark star. So, you don't do the consistency tests at all? I do have Inconsistent horses left intact, mostly by accident, because of the button checking part. In your opinion, it hasn't made a difference in money making? But what about with breeding them to get progeny that make money? I have a couple of my early new creates that I left intact, because I didn't have the money to create more. Their progeny have been half and half on making money.

I have also experimented with leaving stallions intact that paper lower than their sire. If the comparison test say they are 'as good as' their sire. So far anyway, I am getting more money making progeny from them than I figured I would. But, it was mostly because I couldn't afford the comparison tests. And I couldn't do the mare strict advice, because I wasn't a high enough level until recently. Now I am trying to go through the mares I already had, and spay. What are your opinions/advice on the comparison and strict mare advice, now that I can do those tests? I mean I am getting money making progeny from older stallions that papered lower than their sires. It is all experiments in breeding money making progeny so far though. I have gelded several stallions that didn't produce money making horses once they reached breeding age.

Thanks Kaquel. Yeah, same here. I really didn't do much for the first year I was over here. I was still doing a lot in WHG. And I just joined HJ2 because of the colors and patterns at first. I couldn't get a handle on what/where/which were the best classes to enter and so on. So I only had a couple of stallions and a few mares. It wasn't until recently that I got my level 5. I am just starting to see the results from leaving stallions intact that paper lower than their sire. I have a three or four progeny, from two of my stallions mentioned above, that are producing money makers. More are not making money, but I am still just testing theories on that.

I don't really keep non-intact horses, so I don't actually pay much attention to who makes money and who doesn't. My mares spend a few years in the pastures breeding then they hit the barns as show horses, and get tossed back in a pasture for just a day to make me "for profit" babies.

By keeping only intact mares as the majority of my horses I believe I make far more HB's per stable slot per month than if I had sterilized horses taking up those slots. My mares earn me around 60k per week from points. They also earn me over 1 million HB's per month having babies that go straight into the auction. 500 geldings would have be pressed to earn me 1M HB's a month.