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Kolladee Stud · Jun 4, 2017 12:33 AM

I know showing is the backbone of your game, but I was wondering how you can make it profitable? I show all my barn kept horses (roughly 150 of them and mostly over 10 PT) yet my showing bonus is little more than 500 a day. Despite a very kind donation from ATA recently I'm finding funding my game without cash buy ins (which I'd like to avoid if I can) really hard. Any tips gratefully received!

ParadisePark · Jun 4, 2017 12:37 AM

High point show horses in auction or sale :)
I usually go for those over 100 points now but started with those that had 50 points to get me going :)
Also keep some youngsters, in a few months they will start adding a good amount to your daily bonus :D

Kolladee Stud · Jun 4, 2017 12:38 AM

Thank you! Do you mind me asking what sort of bonus you've got by filling your barn with them? Don't worry if you don't want to say

ParadisePark · Jun 4, 2017 12:45 AM

I'm currently just over 7000 a day :D
I took me a whole as everyone is after the higher pointed ponies :P
I will send you over a couple of mine to boost you up a bit. What is your ID?

Kolladee Stud · Jun 4, 2017 12:56 AM

13130. That is so kind of you! Thank you!

ParadisePark · Jun 4, 2017 12:59 AM

They are up :D

Kolladee Stud · Jun 4, 2017 1:01 AM

I'm always blown away by people's generosity and kind spirit on this game. I'll try and do the same for someone when I've got a decent showing herd going. Thank you again for being so kind.

ParadisePark · Jun 4, 2017 1:01 AM

Oh and to find out how much a certain horse is earning you each day find their point total x 0.75 ÷ 7
Eg. 1000 x 0.75 ÷ 7 = 107 a day :)

ParadisePark · Jun 4, 2017 1:02 AM

You are most welcome :D I've had plenty of kind players do the same for me so it's only fair to pass on the generosity :)

ObsidianKitsune · Jun 4, 2017 1:44 AM

It does take some time! What is needed is a lot of show points per horse. Do what ParadisePark said and stalk the auctions, you may find a good horse! But make sure that they're younger than 17, as otherwise they may age out of the game and you wont get your moneys worth.

KrazyKat · Jun 4, 2017 11:15 AM

I had the same question and saw this post before making my own. Thank you! Making money, without spending my own money is hard. I'm going to start building up more show horses and wait to breed. That's my favourite part about the game, is finding out what colour the foal will be.

WindwardFarm · Jun 4, 2017 12:03 PM

Sometimes the very old ones can still be worth the money depending on the number of points they have and their price. Remember, they will earn you 75% of their total points in weekly show bonus plus any additional points they earn from continuing to show.

Let's say you see a 17+ year old horse with 1200 points up for sale/auction. It will earn you at least 900 hbs per week in show bonus. You can divide that number by 7 if you want to think of it in daily show bonus instead. If you own the horse for exactly 3 weeks before it ages out of the game, it will have earned you 2700 hbs, so if the horse costs less than that it's still worth buying even if it only lives for a short while. You just have to make sure you consider the price, how much it will earn in show bonus, and how much longer it will live.

Horses can't die until rollover, so even if you see one up for sale that's 25 years old, it's still guaranteed to live until the end of the month. They can start dying when they turn 18, so any horse that's 17+ could potentially age out of the game at rollover.

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