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Unevenly bred means breeding a horse to any generation that doesn't match their generation. So for example breeding a foundation horse to any lined horse. Breeding a gen 2 to a gen 3 or Gen 4. You can easily identify an "uneven" horse by looking at its pedigree. If a horse is perfectly evenly bred then all of its foundation parents will show up in the same generation on the pedigree.

One thing to note is that "even breeding" does not necessarily mean that your horse is a better breeder or a better shower than an "uneven" horse in a similar quality range. There are many players though who prefer the aesthetic look of the pedigree of an "evenly bred" horse, and who place more monetary value or worth upon a horse who is evenly bred. There are many players though who don't care about even breeding. So there is a market for both types of horses.

Even examples:
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=1390501
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=538292
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/full_pedigree.php?horseid=1170524 (click on view full pedigree)

Uneven examples:
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=1225916
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=1248708
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/full_pedigree.php?horseid=1467503 (click on view full pedigree)

Uneven can also mean breeding unmatched quality, suck as A to Yellow, etc.

For the stallion you mention in your original post, I would look for a mare who is papered Blue with at least one A/Blue parent. Also, if you have access to SBA, I would not use it to test the foal. I would only BA a foal from the lab.

The horse you posted is an even 6th generation, usually by 6th generation I'd like to see Star papers in a stallion, he may not be a high A either with a red dam. He's a nice Nexus though so if you wanted to breed evenly you could try and find some nice Blue papered 6th gen mares

I'm also like Kintara and shad0cat - I do like the aesthetics of an even pedigree but I mostly breed even because it helps me know what expectations I should have. I know that for me, a 3rd gen stallion must be an A that's superior to his sire whereas a 2nd gen stallion must be a B that's superior to his sire. If I bred a foundation to a second gen, I'd have no idea where the colt should paper!

Doesn't look to me like you did, NexLevel! :)

I love dark stars response.

Personally. I breed evenly. Meaning I do my best to breed same gens to same gens. I also try to breed evenly with paper levels. The only exception to this is if I have a mare or stallion that is not having success with their paper levels. Then I will try to breed them either up/down a paper level, incase the horse is either on the high end or low end of a paper level.

I do have some uneven lines. I mainly keep those as show broodies and studs. And i breed them for high performance levels.

However after all is said... Once I start getting stars and golds I will be doing what dark star was mentioning. The improvements in the lines are marginally different. So it isnt a big deal to breed a 7th to 8th gen.

Also I do not value uneven red/b and blue/a papers the same as even breds. So when someone is asking the same price for an uneven horse with the same genes and paper level as an even horse... I will not pay it. Even lines take more time and care than uneven. So if someone breeds their 4G A KitM stallion to a foundie mare then expects 10,000 hbs for the offspring, Personally the offspring is not worth it. It can have negative affects the market too. Ex. Why Ammit is hesitant about releasing Nexus again as the horses were badly bred and extraordinarily priced.

I also mark all of my uneven offspring with a U (standing for uneven) and if I do sell them I price them accordingly. I always want to be able to stand behind my lines so people have a good feeling about what I breed. Quality over quantity.

I truly hope I havent offended anyone. And I hope this response helps!