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'You can take your horse to the Performance Testing grounds. They will be reviewed by Dorris. Dorris is an old hand in the horse showing world. With more than 40 years as a judge, she has seen it all. No one can evaluate a horse's potential like she can. After the evaluation your horse will receive a grade. The grade will be recorded with his other important testing information. Each test costs $500 hb's'

Thats directly from the performance testing page. I have 3 horses who pt at at 11.8

Performance testing is a predictor of how quickly your horse trains, and the level he or she can attain by the time they "level off" -- reach their highest potential in the show ring. A horse with a higher PT score will level off at a higher showing level and thus accumulate more points for you by the end of their show career. That's not to say that a horse with a low PT won't earn you a bunch of money, because that's not necessarily the case. A good average PT for a foundation is in the 9-10 range. The max in the game right now is around 13.

It's important to note that Performance Test has NOTHING to do with breeding ability, so you shouldn't cull a breeder because they have a low PT. A good real-life example is Secretariat, who if he had a "PT score" would have been astronomical... but he turned out to not be a very good sire of race horses (though he produced some mares who were). All of the hidden numbers in the game -- the numbers that make one horse a good breeder and one horse a good performance horse -- are what make it so realistic. The various tests available are ways to get hints at what those numbers are for a particular horse, though it's never quantified exactly, just like in real life.

If you are upgraded, you can look at a horse's offspring's average PT, if you test them (it's at the bottom of the "family" tab on the horse's page), and that IS a good indicator of their breeding ability. A horse that consistently produces low PT foals for their generation should likely be altered or sold. Of course, if you're not upgraded, you can calculate an average the old-fashioned way by adding the PTs and dividing by the number of foals.