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Post by gespenst, FIN (admin) on May 17, 2011 18:22:34 GMT
gespenst is too curious again and wants to know what's the most common style of aging horses abroad. Well, Finns, you're allowed to answer too So, tell, what aging system do you use, and why?
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Post by Thestral on May 17, 2011 18:46:00 GMT
I don't think I've ever had a very specific aging system, I tend to age the horses a couple of years here and there depending on how much they've achieved/been shown or bred. It can be anything from 2 to ~8 times a year - of course taking into account the sire/dams ages as well, I prefer not having horses that are older than their parents. ;> It's not always possible though, with all the different aging systems going on in Sweden.
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Post by Nessa (GER) on May 17, 2011 19:24:03 GMT
Once a month all of my horses age, they all get one year older. Sometimes I dont have time to compete much with them or not enough time to have fun with them, then all the horses dont age for a while until I have more time for them again. Its good to prevent having offsprings which are older than their parents on my own stable (dont care about that fact if the parents or offsprings are at another stable).
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Post by gespenst, FIN (admin) on May 17, 2011 19:32:04 GMT
And, I myself use the same as Nessa. One moth - one sim year. It is also called the VHKR-aging in Finland. Some of my horses have been bought from other breeders and they age occasionally, not regularly at all, if they have been born a very long time ago.
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Post by Meaghan-Admin (CAN) on May 17, 2011 19:45:40 GMT
I operate with the 1 year = 1 year system So all my horses technically get a year older January 1st. So when I breed a horse it's automatically aged to whatever year and then ages once a year. When I buy horses, whatever age I buy them at... thats the age they stay, so i don't continue with previous owners aging system.
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Post by Lin Ryder (SWE) on May 18, 2011 6:35:06 GMT
I usually go with 1 year = 1 RL year just as Meaghan. However lately I've started to age certain horses more often. It's everything between 1 time a year to .. I don't know yet lol. So far I've only done the 1 - 1 thing. This year is the first year I've been aging my horses more often. So we'll see.
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Post by myrkradis on May 18, 2011 8:22:20 GMT
Before I aged my horses secound every month, but have startet now with every month, but if I have not been active for one month then the time stands still in my stable
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Post by Flowerly (GER) on May 18, 2011 11:28:20 GMT
Once a month all of my horses age, they all get one year older. Sometimes I dont have time to compete much with them or not enough time to have fun with them, then all the horses dont age for a while until I have more time for them again. It's the same by me.
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Post by Tessa {USA} on May 18, 2011 12:24:06 GMT
Most people in North America tend to use the 1 year = 1 year system. It's the easiest to use and the most realistic.
I use 1 year = 30 shows because, well, Im impatient lol. I don't like waiting until the first of the year to age a horse. This aging system also makes me collect show records, which is a good thing lol
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Post by chilli [GER] on May 18, 2011 19:38:34 GMT
I tried to age my horses once a month, but then I realised that it was too much (to keep everythin up to date). So I tend to age the horses every two months. Maybe it'll change, but at the moment it's most practical for me.
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Post by gespenst, FIN (admin) on May 18, 2011 19:56:48 GMT
In Finland it is so easy to have that VHKR-name for that monthly aging - I just need to put the date of birth, and mark "VHKR-aging", and I don't have to update ages or anything
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Post by chilli [GER] on May 18, 2011 20:16:52 GMT
In Germany (and I think Austria) there is no common system, so you have to let the horses age on your own. Some have their own year (eg 1 after Stable) and write "born in 3 before Stable", some use the real year and change that (eg from 1999 to 1998) and others run their system with PHP/MySQL.
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Post by nanni (AT) on May 18, 2011 20:39:56 GMT
I also use the 1 year = 1 real life year, but I don't age them once a year, they all have their date of birth or at least the year they were born in written in their profiles, so I don't have to change anything. What I have to add is that our mares also are pregnant for around eleven month and the foal got the real life date of birth, so it's starting with the age of one day and ages real.
I prefer it because it is the most realistic and it also needs some kind of "strategy" and long term plans; that's the challenge for me.
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Post by Elsha (NZ) on May 18, 2011 21:08:54 GMT
I age using the 1 year = 1 rl year. It is easier for me since i have over 100 horses and it would be a pain for me to do it any other way.
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Post by rubygardner on May 19, 2011 10:08:53 GMT
I think I work a bit lika Kmlnt, I´m aging them when I feel they've done enough to be aged a year. I´m trying to be quite ralistic, so I don't want a horse who are 3 of age and educated 160 cm show jumping and having like 8 kids... So the aging for me dependes a lot on how quick they are being educated and how many foals they´ve got. As long as they don't become older than thier parents of course!
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