Pasture Quality

[fire12923]

I know that the quality of the grass is supposed to go up turn by turn. But since the last time I mowed it's been going down. I have maybe 7 horses in a field with max occupancy of 12. I was counting on regularly mowing to earn a little money on the side of shows.
What am I doing wrong or not doing?

Thank you

[Courtney_]

Horses in a pasture will eat at the quality of your grass, regardless if you provide them with feed or not. The more horses you have in a pasture the more your grass quality will decay overtime. I use pastures exclusively for foals and it's crazy how quick they mow the grass lol.

[Tenacious Equine]

Important to note that larger horses will both require more grass to maintain and eat more. With most average sized adult horses, you probably can only fit 1 or 2 more than half the pasture's capacity without them eating down the grass. I tend to do broodmares in pastures because I only fit 6 of them in at a time.
Entering trained horses into high level locals is always going to be more efficient than mowing grass, since both take time.

[BlackOak2]

A last note to add to everything that's already been stated. Winter will slow the pastures' growth to a significant degree. Spring is your best growth time (if I remember correctly) then summer and fall.