I am hoping to get some tips and tricks to making a profit in member shows. I can't for the life of me get out of the red if I enter more than a couple horses. I've read Hyrim's basic guides but thought I'd ask for more insight.

I forget who it was but another player gave me good advice on this. They told me that the best time to enter member shows is if your horse has done well (1st or 2nd) for 2 or more shows in a row but HAS NOT leveled up yet. You want to enter them when they hit their peak training and have a better chance at winning. As far as entering them goes, if a horse has been showing particularly well (one of my mares won 4 shows in a row), I add them into a member show with a higher payout in the hopes that they win again. You just have to be willing to lose the money if they end up not winning. The show report and level up reports need to be your BFF. I always look at show report first to see who did 3rd or better in regular shows, then check to make sure they haven't leveled up. If they haven't, I'll enter them in a member show. It's helped increase my profits some. I think the key is just to not enter them when they aren't performing well in regular shows and/or have recently leveled up because they aren't likely to win. I'm not an expert by any means and haven't been around long, but it works for me! Hope this helps!

Go through the show report and only enter horses who have placed 2nd/3rd or better. I look for horses that have 0.0 in XC, 100% in dressage, 0 faults in jumping. I typically have 2 tabs open-while going through the show report, I pull the horse's page up in another tab, check through their show history to make sure they have placed well and haven't leveled up. Then I go and enter horses. I usually stick to $5000 and under entry fees. The higher up ones typically have horses entered that have shown more than mine and if there are only 1 or 2 horses entered, there's a higher chance of losing money. If I have horse that is showing really well and has shown a lot, then I will enter in a higher stakes class if at least 2 other horses have already been entered (at 10). The more horses entered, the better. Always try to enter classes that have a lot of other horses entered. Combine that with horses that are at the top of their show game and, voila! Member show profit :)

Thank you to both responders! I'll try my hand again at member shows and see if I've gotten it figured out. XD

I made a profit last night. I'll post links to all of the member shows I entered. Sometimes I enter very low entry fee classes or classes without any entrants just to get some experience on a horse and add some points. This is a rare occurrence, though, as my main goal is always profit.