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best friend · Jun 11, 2017 11:01 AM

I have over 100 studs ranging from foundation to gen 9. I want to go to maybe 3 studs per generation. I have studs that I am not sure if I will ever use them. Not sure what to do at this time. I have been thinking about altering my upper gen horses.
How does one stay focused on this game?

MF3 · Jun 11, 2017 11:08 AM

47 studs most are gen two some foundries and a handful of upper gens

fj1482 · Jun 11, 2017 11:09 AM

I try to keep it down to two stallion per herd but I have a very bad addiction of collecting big beautiful boys and constantly have more than I need. I currently have 86 boys some are yearlings that I have not gone through yet and I still have 4 or 5 herds left to breed.

ParadisePark · Jun 11, 2017 11:24 AM

2 Liver G1
1Liver G2 1 Choc G2
3 SnowFlake G2

Waldgraf · Jun 11, 2017 11:30 AM

I had a nice, manageable number of 10 G1s in my stallion barn before the anniversary celebration.

Now, I'm up to 25. Somehow, I need to figure out how to cut the number down.

Wildland Acres · Jun 11, 2017 11:32 AM

I have 59 studs right now, some are under age to replace current studs, some are left intact as testing horses (low B boy that C papered founds have to paper AGA to, mid B boy that 2g breeders should be superior to, a superior to sire 4g that I have gotten a few really nice 3g boys to paper aga to and now 4g have to paper superior to him) The whole a-b/blue-red 2g dynamic is also confusing things and I now have several of each for my herds now so I have options. I also have several studs that I don't use any more because I have boys of similar quality that are close to my color goal but since they are great boys, and some of them have placed high in the producing sire leaderboard I would feel bad about gelding them, so they just hang around on the public breeding boards whenever I remember to put them up. I personally keep my high gen boy because he is my best, and I am slowly breeding up to his level. I use him to breed my highest gen mares to when I don;t have other boys good enough quality for them yet. Also ten of my boys are colts from this year that I am still trying to decide what to do with. I also had about 6 high B 2g GP boys because none of them are quite what I'm looking for. Once I get an A papered 2g GP boy all those ones will probably go.

Bourbon · Jun 11, 2017 12:42 PM

37 Total

1G (Perfect) - 4
1G (Expro) - 3
2G - 6
2G (From Expro) - 5
3G - 5
4G - 3
5G - 4
Uneven (show stud) - 1

I have two different lines going on the lower generations which complicates things so I'm trying to reign that in, but atm I'm too busy with trying (and failing) to save IV's and also hoarding all the expro horses for my boosted line. I usually have a main stud, and then a side stud who I rotate so my lines don't look as awful as this boy.

V Overdue BOP

JordanK · Jun 11, 2017 12:50 PM

Too many. Lol saving up to compare some of the babies even though I have tons of money to do it can't bring myself to D: I think I have 14 but I'm not really sure.

JordanK · Jun 11, 2017 12:52 PM

Omg @bourbon I lovvveee his colour. If only I had 5g mares :(

SeldomSeen · Jun 11, 2017 1:46 PM

7 Foundation
1 Exceptional Producer Foundation

I'm trying to limit it to no more than 1 colt per stud kept as long as they compare superior and I'm thinking about getting rid of a few. I'll probably not breed my EP anymore and just draw straws and flush eggs from my EP mares and do something with them later.

I'm not completely sure what I'm doing with my herd. I'm thinking my first goal is to work towards Gold/Star and then from there colour. All I know is I'm addicted to creating and breeding horses and need to stop, lol.

StarfireAcres · Jun 11, 2017 1:53 PM

To many studs! 169 I don't use most of them I'm thinking of altering the ones I don't use but what if some day I need that stud and he's altered decisions decisions lol :-))

friesianpaints · Jun 11, 2017 1:58 PM

I have 127 but they are pretty so I'm ok with that :)

Cheers · Jun 11, 2017 2:13 PM

20, half of which are too young to breed. 8 foundation, 3 uneven specifically for my show line. The other 9 are lined and I don't have mares for them so for now they will do duty as show pony sires and be up for public breeding to earn their keep!

WindspunFarms · Jun 11, 2017 2:19 PM

136 stallions, 369 mares ( but that also includes my big batch of foals from this season) lol

Haltanny · Jun 11, 2017 3:00 PM

I only have 8, but 1 is a yearling that I may not keep. I have 5 foundation, mostly ExPro, Perf Found or RS. And 3 second gen.
I have 30 mares/fillies.

Torchwood Stable · Jun 11, 2017 3:03 PM

Too many. I likes stallions

Bourbon · Jun 11, 2017 3:04 PM

@JordanK He looks goregous but his pedigree is an absolute trainwreck! I've apparently crossed brother, sister, aunt and uncle a lot haha!

StarfireAcres · Jun 11, 2017 3:20 PM

Don't feel bad Bourbon look at this beautiful girls pedigree she is nothing but inbred haha she's nice to look at though and has high PT lol

Magic Ecstasy 9g

Bourbon · Jun 11, 2017 3:25 PM

@StarFireArces I'm happy to know I'm not the only unethical breeder here! It's a small problem with me and online breeding games

CWScowgirl87 · Jun 11, 2017 3:47 PM

I had way too many for a while, but I recently sold quite a few so I have two foundations and about 5 for 2g and 3g. I’m trying to get to where I have only one per paper level per gen.

ConfluenceFarms · Jun 11, 2017 3:50 PM

I have 35, 11 of whom are foals and will likely be culled down to 4 or 5. I also have a total of 1917 horses, though, so percentage wise it's pretty low. (aka Math)

KerredansCorral · Jun 11, 2017 4:19 PM

Way..Too..Many... :))

kassierae · Jun 11, 2017 6:33 PM

Like..150 lol

Wolfgang Pride · Jun 11, 2017 6:44 PM

I have 59 studs all from foundie to 7G and like 4 uneven studs mixed into the bunch (not including geldings) including geldings I have 97 but my geldings are all show and nothing more obviously lol I have 191 mares and spayed mares tho

friesianpaints · Jun 11, 2017 8:06 PM

Change mine to 128 lol.... I'm a stallion hoarder :p

jezmynespice1 · Jun 11, 2017 8:51 PM

131, though im thinking of going on a snipping spree since i cant possibly ever use all of them

Flying Stunner · Jun 13, 2017 1:41 PM

I have 160+ stallions including some colts from this breeding season. I need to do some comparison testing, and snipping. :-S

HunterUnderSaddleGirl · Jun 15, 2017 2:46 PM

I have 86 stallions...

25 Drafts
21 RH
40 WB

13 1G
38 2G
17 3G
1 4G
5 Pretty Show horses

6 for tall RH goal
7 Brindle Studs
26 apaloosas
8 rabicano
29 Splash
23 Roan
3 for Champagne

My Favs

7G12 Tagamon Forrest

lynn894 · Jun 15, 2017 2:54 PM

I have wat to many I need to go through all of them

dark star · Jun 15, 2017 4:41 PM

More than I should, I haven't gone and culled the last two years or so.

You only need 1 stud per 50 mares.

I have 31 right now. Eeek, need to get that down to 20 or so.

Best way to cull studs is not to look at them. Run them through the strict testing, then compare them to your benchmark stud for that generation. Cull EVERYTHING, that doesn't meet the standard. Then look at the pretty colors. That way you don't end up keeping pretty, but poor quality studs, just because they are pretty.

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