Ryshadium RIDs said:
Higher rated geldings get to the money faster, but they level up and move out of the money faster, too. Lower rated geldings take longer to get into the money, but they stay in the money longer.

Someone who's been around for a while (I forget who), said that she tested a bunch of geldings from a bunch of ratings back in the early days of HEE. She found that low rated geldings made almost as much as high rated geldings over their lifetime.

I think the problem with low heart is that low heart is what causes refusals.

Kuewi KNN Stable said:

Ryshadium RIDs said:
Higher rated geldings get to the money faster, but they level up and move out of the money faster, too. Lower rated geldings take longer to get into the money, but they stay in the money longer.

Someone who's been around for a while (I forget who), said that she tested a bunch of geldings from a bunch of ratings back in the early days of HEE. She found that low rated geldings made almost as much as high rated geldings over their lifetime.

I think the problem with low heart is that low heart is what causes refusals.

This is what I usually tell anybody who wants to hear this :D

It was some years ago, but I had geldings from subsub sub to PPP and trained&showed them all the same.

When they passed at about age 20+ the PPPs had reached level 10 and earned about 250 - 300k

The subsubsub boys were at about level 7 and earned up to 150 - 200k.

I consider any horse SSS+ to be a good show horse.

If one horse has very low Hrt and never gets placed in the top 4 I would consider culling it. But I had low Hrt horses that ended up in the HEWGs, too.

So it´s all up to you to choose the combos you want to deal with ;)

WhizBar Eventing said:

Kuewi KNN Stable said:

Ryshadium RIDs said:
Higher rated geldings get to the money faster, but they level up and move out of the money faster, too. Lower rated geldings take longer to get into the money, but they stay in the money longer.

Someone who's been around for a while (I forget who), said that she tested a bunch of geldings from a bunch of ratings back in the early days of HEE. She found that low rated geldings made almost as much as high rated geldings over their lifetime.

I think the problem with low heart is that low heart is what causes refusals.

This is what I usually tell anybody who wants to hear this :D

It was some years ago, but I had geldings from subsub sub to PPP and trained&showed them all the same.

When they passed at about age 20+ the PPPs had reached level 10 and earned about 250 - 300k

The subsubsub boys were at about level 7 and earned up to 150 - 200k.

I consider any horse SSS+ to be a good show horse.

If one horse has very low Hrt and never gets placed in the top 4 I would consider culling it. But I had low Hrt horses that ended up in the HEWGs, too.

So it´s all up to you to choose the combos you want to deal with ;)

Thanks a bunch, Kuewi! That's good to know!

Andraste Equine said:
I use geldings that are SSS+ and I find they do just as well as the PEE geldings. I'm trying to get rid of my SD gelds because they limit how much they can show. It's all about the method you use.

I believe I use your method, actually. ;) Hemlock shared it with me. But it works wonders, I definitely owe you and your method. <3

Thanks all!