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@OakCreek13, you can never totally guarantee an intact foal but you can weigh the odds in your favor by a) breeding equal ability horses together and b) utilizing the 30+ day pasture bonus.

Link to Ammit's "A working example of uneven breeding and pasture bonuses."

Edit: Jinx Cheers, haha :P

I would love that! I hope someday I can visit Australia. :D

OakCreek13, the players guaranteeing intact foals are often selling straws which means they will supply the buyer of the straws with however many straws necessary to get an intact foal. However, they cannot guarantee which straw will produce the intact foal.

Guaranteed straws tend to be super expensive compared to non-guaranteed for the same stallion or genes, but that makes sense since you have no idea how many times you'll have to pull a stallion to get that foal.

It's a little like stud fees not being charged in certain breeds in real life until the foal stands and nurses. If the mare doesn't catch, or if she aborts, or if the foal is a dummy foal, or any other of a million other scenarios that can result in a non-viable foal, the mare owner doesn't owe the stallion owner the full fee (often they do have to pay a non-refundable deposit that covers the stallion's insurance).

Same generation does not matter. Only same breeding ability factors in to it.