I know the breeding barn was supposed to have been improved (and I do think it has)

But there are 2 things that really annoy me still. The quality of 95% of the game horses retired to stud is shocking and really ought to be looked at, but possibly making it harder to breed amazing horses so early to counteract this.

What annoys me the most though is that I'm still finding geldings in the barn! It's not a big thing but it's pretty ridiculous and I'd love to see it stopped

Rant over

Agree to a certain extent but id love to see the top stallions available like stud farms, instead of breeding barn.. the ability to send your mares to different stud farms.

That'd be great, and then the best horses of other owners could be retained to breed with for more than one year too!

That or you could have another dimension to the game where you have 'breeders' who could accept or deny your mare for breeding or send you requests to breed with your horses. It would then be at their discretion if a horse, mare or stallion, stayed in their barn for longer than 1 season.

How about another source of income- putting your own stallions up for stud. ?