Standing Stallions
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:41 pm
Standing Stallions
Players can stand their own stallions and set their own stud fees. (New players must wait until they have reached Junior High Status to stand a stallion). To stand a stallion, just retire your male horse (not a gelding) and set a stud fee. Stallions must have won at least one race, or they cannot stand.
Stud Fees and Breeding Fees
It costs a one-time fee of $50,000 to enable a horse to stand as a stallion. That fee is good for the rest of the horse's life.
The minimum stud fee is $3,500. All horses that retire as of Week 5, Year 56 can go no lower than $3,500.
What makes a good stallion?
It is very hard to stand a good stallion. It is expensive, because for a stallion to be successful he must be mated with many mares of good quality and produce winning foals. Here are some qualifications to abide by when breeding to and standing a stallion of all breeds:
Cross Breeding
As of Year 41, players can make their Thoroughbred or Quarter Horse stallion available for cross breeding. Such availability costs a one-time 5,000 GP fee to the stallion owner.
Any Thoroughbred can be made available for crossing-breeding to Quarter Horse mares, though only dirt stallions are recommended. Any Quarter Horse stallion can be made available for cross-breeding to Paint and Appaloosa mares.
Players can stand their own stallions and set their own stud fees. (New players must wait until they have reached Junior High Status to stand a stallion). To stand a stallion, just retire your male horse (not a gelding) and set a stud fee. Stallions must have won at least one race, or they cannot stand.
Stud Fees and Breeding Fees
It costs a one-time fee of $50,000 to enable a horse to stand as a stallion. That fee is good for the rest of the horse's life.
The minimum stud fee is $3,500. All horses that retire as of Week 5, Year 56 can go no lower than $3,500.
What makes a good stallion?
It is very hard to stand a good stallion. It is expensive, because for a stallion to be successful he must be mated with many mares of good quality and produce winning foals. Here are some qualifications to abide by when breeding to and standing a stallion of all breeds:
- Should be a multiple stakes winner, preferably graded
- Should have earned over $350,000
- Should have a nice family, with stakes winners on both sides
Cross Breeding
As of Year 41, players can make their Thoroughbred or Quarter Horse stallion available for cross breeding. Such availability costs a one-time 5,000 GP fee to the stallion owner.
Any Thoroughbred can be made available for crossing-breeding to Quarter Horse mares, though only dirt stallions are recommended. Any Quarter Horse stallion can be made available for cross-breeding to Paint and Appaloosa mares.