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If you go to the horse search and type 13 or 9 into the Owner slot, you can buy horses that are about as good as Top Notch producers, and you know they're perfect.

The way you can tell if the create you just made is any good, is if he passes the free testing, and if his protege are mostly intact. That's the short version. If you feel like spending 8k, you could technically compare him to a Perfect foundation and see if he's As Good As him, but that obviously super expensive.

Hi! Welcome to a wonderful and addictive game!

There is no restriction on putting up a horse for stud, so you should feel free to do that any time. Certainly I would highly recommend that you put him and all of your other horses through the free testing--Gelding or Mare advice and the Showing Apptitude Test. Any horse that those tests recommend that you alter, it really is probably best that you go ahead and geld or spay. Without access to the more advanced papering, performance and comparison tests, that is the best you can do.

As Rose said, the proportion of entire vs altered foals you get from any given parent after free testing of foals can indicate whether they are "good breeders" or not. Horses that have been through free testing are more likely to sell or be picked for breeding by other members.

I highly recommend searching for horses from the Foundation Rescue (type 13 in the Owner ID box in a horse search). These horses will be good show and breeding horses and are a sound investment at any point in your herd development. I regularly trawl that owner and buy a few new mares or a new stallion for my herd!

Another thing you can do is look for papered, comparison tested stallions for sale from owners with upgraded accounts. Similarly, foundation mares that have papered Red are often available from the sales or auctions, so if you keep your eye out you may be able to pick up good breeding stock that way!

Thank you so much! I'm trying to learn as much as I can before school starts back up next week. Right now I have tons of time- it is the rainiest spring break.

No problem :)