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I personally haven't kept an exact count, but there generally is always a range of numerical breeding abilities covered by each letter, so, for instance, a B papered stallion whose breeding score falls just under the lowest breeding score for A papers would test superior to a B papered stallion whose breeding score falls just above the division between C and B.

We never know the exact breeding score, of course, except for perfect foundations, where it is 100%. Generally, the range of A papered stallions seems to break down into about 3 regions, and once you get to *Star stallions there is no top to the breeding scores so as time goes on and very careful breeders (among whom I am NOT numbered) keep improving the breeding quality of horses the range between the lowest and the highest *Stars gets quite large.

If you are using pastures, you might want to continue to use the best of the stallions who are below him until you get more that are about as good as or superior to him. This will help keep the breeding pool for the 2nd generation a bit larger. You can try figuring the AFPT (average foal PT) for each of those stallions to determine which ones are really the best of a group, although you need to consider the mare quality as well. It's a complex task and sorting mares for paper level takes longer than it does for stallions. How much time you have available to devote to the game may end up determining how fussy you can be. *G*

Haha ain't that the truth.

These are 2nd gen colts, and I was surprised because I've never had a colt test superior to the one I've used as a benchmark. There are B papered colts below him, and a few as good as. I wonder how marginal the difference between them is? Because if it's a relatively small difference in breeding ability between two colts, couldn't you conceivably get a large overlap in offspring? If that were the case I'd keep everyone.

I don't understand this. How does a free member do this. I want to produce quality foals not necessarily quantity.

You can comparison test with a free account, just be warned, it is expensive.