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I have a ton of stallions to mares. Fixing to put my breeders in one barn and all others will be show horses.

My stallion to mare ratio is 1 to 5
It sometimes varies though it generally stays around that number.

@Foxwood, your ratio makes me feel guilty for my pixel pony hoarding problem.

At the foundation level, I have six stallions that I actively rotate each season. I cover about 90-100 foundation mares each season. That makes a rough 1:50, stallion:mare ratio per season. More accurately a 2:100, stallion:mare ratio. In total, I own 12 foundation stallions and 209 foundation mares.

At the second generation, I have a wilder ratio of about 9:128, stallion:mare ratio. That simplifies to approximately 1:15.

After mare papering was added my third generation mares got annihilated! So I was left with only 24 mares and I actively use 8 of my 12 stallions. ~1:3

Fourth generation has 3:16, stallion:mare ratio. ~1:5

This made me realize I have an issue with mass collection of breeding horses. I do own 707 full time show horses with approximately 80 show-breeding horses that never make it to the pasture (often act as my surrogates for embryo foals).

EDIT:
The stallion to mare ratio that I have was most feasible for my herd because I could always put my foundation mares for public brood to recoup some hbs if I was ever running low. I noticed that I didn't recoup as much from stallions up for stud.

@ColorGoodStables, for your foundation horses, the ratio is ~1:4, stallion:mare.

You can determine a 1:something ratio by taking the smallest number and dividing it by itself. 21/21 = 1 stallion, then dividing the other number by the smallest such that you have 79/21 = 3.76 mares per 1 stallion. Math is a very difficult study. I had a lot of challenges trying to pass my classes, and I still have trouble accomplishing some calculations. But practice does help, even if it makes you want to pull your hair out. :)

@Confluence Farms, awww, you are very welcome though. I thought I might explain it because I know if I'm told enough times I eventually remember something. But I am happy to calculate it for you gals, too. :D

Currently have 25 stallions to 213 mares. Roughly 1:9 ratio

I have a few old boys who could go next season so it could go down, and I still need to test through my boys too. Most of the stallions I have are 3G since I'm too lazy to work through them.

Interesting with my show horses it works out roughly as 1:9:17, which is really not too bad!

My foundation studs are 13 and my foundation mares are 81. So not sure how to find my ratio out.

I have 47 2g studs and 120 2g mares.

are my foundations is that a good ratio?

it is scary. I need to reset my barns.

I have a 1:23 ratio of stallions to mares. I only started keeping show horses a few months ago, so my intact to show ratio is a bit low at 1:4.

About a quarter of my studs are young, and handful more are just kept around because I like them, but I don't have mares for them. Last year pretty much every stud covered 50 mares. I don't much like working on a strict 1:50 ratio, as it doesn't leave any wiggle room. 1:40 is my goal.

One stud for every 40 mares is my ideal. But everyone is different. There isn't a set in stone number. I just don't like keeping around a ton of studs, but then I don't care what color they are, or have any color breeding goals. It is easier to cull for just quality, and then you end up with fewer horses making the cut. So long as you have enough studs to cover the number of mares you have you have plenty. More is icing on the cake. It just depends on how much icing you like.