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There is no correct answer here. Some people pretty strictly breed from their own stock and follow the progression of those horses up the generations. Some buy into upper gens early and start breeding them before their homebreds are at that point. I think a few players breed one generation for a few seasons and then spay/geld all of that generation and focus on the next one up.

I personally started out buying into upper generations but found that I couldn't gauge quality well enough at that level. I also was distracted trying to breed a lot of generations at once with no real plan. I culled way down a few months ago, basically down to gen 4 which was where I was starting to get homebreds. It really paid off for me, as I've vastly improved my stallions at gen 3 and 4 since that cull and am starting to tentatively breed a few gen 5s again. Now if I can just get my pastures re-sorted out for some new breeding goals at gen 2, I will be set for a couple more months!

I've been playing for a year and have 4 breeding age generations (and a 7th but I didn't bred then up that far on my own, I bought them into my barns) and I still buy and breed foundation. Most people breed foundations no matter how many other gens they have

It is and I have one more season with Dancer for sure. I still haven't got the colt I am looking for.