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The higher the blup, the better! The highest blup is 100. You should never breed a mare if one of the parents (either stallion or mare) has a negative blup. You can increase blup's by training the horse. If you do breed with negative blup, the foal will not turn out very good. It will still be cute, (of course) but its potential won't be as high.

The BLUP is a genetic index. It plays a role in the reproduction since the parents's BLUP influences the potential of a foal at its birth.It is calculated depending on

• the training level reached by the horse in its best three skills,
• the number of competitions won by the horse, the ideal being 20 victories
• and its age. The BLUP can only reach 100 after 10 years' old.

It is therefore interesting to select trained horses as reproducers and those that have excelled in competitions. Depending on these parameters, the BLUP will always be between - 100 and 100, - with -100 being the minimum BLUP and 100 the maximum BLUP that a horse can achieve.

If the parents's average BLUP is 0, i.e. neutral, it will not have an impact on calculating the foal's genetic potential. If it is less than 0, the foal will have more chance of seeing its potential lower than its parents's potential and vice versa if the average BLUP is more than 0.

To have the best reproducers and have every chance of having the best foals possible, it is preferable to select horse with a high, or at least a positive, BLUP, i.e. mainly well trained individuals.

100 BLUP Training Methods:

First you complete the horses training, then you put it in as many shows as you can each day (particularly the shows the horse is best at winning). You could also do some rides but that's the best way I know to get the job done. :)

you need to complete training win 20 comps and finish rides for more info got to the site listed in the related links below.

Actually you only need to bold the horses top 3 skills, get 20 first place wins, and have the horse be 10 years old. So a horse that has only 3 categories in training finished it can be 100Blup the skills would just need to be in the top 3.

☼ Quick 100 BLUP Method ☼

This works regardless of breed and means you can gain your 20 wins without being suffocated by the monster skillors.

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TO BEGIN WITH

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Complete short trot rides to 0% skill (increases speed)

Complete Dressage training to 100%

Complete Speed trianing to 100%

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COMPETITIONS

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During speed training you will need to take regular breaks to recoup energy - spend a few hours in the box every day until you find a tub of grease (ToG)

Every time you find a ToG stop all training/ rides and purely enter comps - Focus on comps in your horse's worst skill area at first (for connies i enter trot and gallop races till I have a few wins), then his best (for connies i enter cross country)

Only enter comps you know you have a chance at (check the other entrants out first and if they are higher skilled than you then avoid them)

Enter the lowest level comps you can find

Put another one of your own horses in there with lower skills or low health to help 'fill'

Once the ToG runs out go back to training, or completing short rides

Every time you find a ToG enter more comps.

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ONCE YOU HAVE 20 WINS

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Now go back and complete training to 100% in your horse's best 3 skills, and rides to 0% (see bottom of thread for which rides & comps increase which skills)

You should have a horse with its 3 best skills bolded, and 20 competition wins under its belt. All you need now is to age to 10 years if he isn't already

**NOTE** Increasing only speed and dressage first means that your horse will have high skills but still be low enough in its very best skill, to enter the lowest level comps. This means you can avoid the monster skillors that dominate the higher level races.

Different breeds may benefit from other training methods, and for that reason there are trianing methods for each breed detailed in another post on my forum

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COMPS & RIDES TO INCREASE YOUR 3 BEST SKILLS

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Your horse has 6 skills, 3 of which are his 'top skills' - You can click on his breed to find out what those are. Once you know your horse's top 3 skills you can do rides, train, and enter competitions accordingly, in order to gain enough skill for 100 BLUP.

Below are listed the types of rides and competitions, and what skills can be gained from them.

#RIDES

short trots: speed, dressage and trot

short gallops: speed, dressage and gallop

short sloping land: speed, dressage and jumping

long trots: stamina, dressage and trot

long gallops: stamina, dressage and gallop

long sloping land: stamina, dressage and jumping

#Comps

Most comp types give 3 different skills just like rides do (the exception is cross country, which only gives 2):

show jumping: speed, dressage, jumping

cross country: stamina, dressage

gallop races/barrels: speed, dressage, gallop

trot races: speed, dressage, trot

1. Train in the top three skills. To see the top three skills, go to the "Genetics" tab on your horses page and the skills with the most stars are the top ones.

2. Start and finish the rides until your horse can't gain any more skills.

3. Compete in competitions until your horse has won 20 or more. Your horse should now be fully blupped.

BLUP is basically what your horse will contribute to its offspring. The lowest BLUP you can have is -100, the highest is 100.

You can improve your horse's blup in many different ways. Playing with it when it is a foal, doing rides, training and winning competitions all improve BLUP. Age also plays a part. A horse cannot reach 100 BLUP until it is at least 10 years old

Hope this helps!