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Nicolipoli · May 14, 2016 12:25 PM

Hey guys, so I'm fairly new and I'm working with limited space. I spent the first few months playing around with breeding and now I want to make some of my own lines and work toward some high PT and fantastic showing horses. I've noticed that generations are bred with their own generations. So a 3rd gen horse is only bred with other 3rd gen horses, or this quality makes them more desirable.

So my question is how do you guys separate your gens? Does each one have its own pasture or stable? I recently snipped my stock that I had just bred, mostly foundations to a high PT stud. I wanted to see how pasture bonuses worked and what my PT would come out as. Was this a mistake? Does having evenness within the pedigree matter?

I'd love some pointers, thanks guys!

RoseFlute · May 14, 2016 12:53 PM

I'm in a little bit of a rush, but here's a forum topic in which the creator of the game explains how evenly gene rationed breeding works, if you haven't seen it before. :)

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/7862/at-what-point-does-039evenness039-stop-mattering#Item_7

The way I understand the pasture bonus is the breeding ability of a mare spans a certain range of abilities in foals, and the pasture bonus raises the bottom, so that the foal born gets the ability from the top of her breeding range. :)

Double T Stables · May 14, 2016 1:16 PM

To keep my generations separate, I label them with their generation in their name. For instance my stable is Double T so my foundies are FTT Name- F for foundation. 2TT for second Gen, 3TT, for third etc. Once I get to about the 5th or 6th gen I just switch to TT and dont worry about breeding even gens then. Its easier for me to keep up with them this way and when I am searching for one generation I just enter 2T or 3T in horses name and they all come up.

I will also say that I have bred uneven pedigrees at times to help boost a line. Like breedingFoundations to 2nd gens or lower PT 3rd gens to Higher PT 2nd gens. I've also bred Foundations to higher gen studs to help boost a 2nd gen line and have had good success with these...I will say the majority of those bred like that are snipped but make amazing show horses. All my uneven gens are usually labeled the lower generation in their name, except the foundies bred to a different gen....those are always labeled 2g. I hope this helps answer your question and wasnt too confusing!

Abbey Road · May 15, 2016 5:36 AM

Breeding evenly is *usually* your best chance of getting an intact foal. If you're breeding for PT, it's pretty irrelevant, although higher gens usually produce higher PTs.

I've switched around labeling but I've found that the easiest way to keep track of generations is to put a number in the horse's name. It makes them searchable, and if the number is first in the name, organizable in drop down lists, as well.

PaintsStables · May 15, 2016 6:12 AM

I also have started putting the generation number in front of the horses name. If the horse is uneven, then I also put a 'U' after the number.

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