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You have a better chance of getting great colts (foals in general) when your mares have the full pasture bonus. No age doesn't matter

I will echo, from playing this game since 2011 (HaJ1), that it can indeed take a while to get a superior son. It does help to use the best mares you have, and, as MoonAcre said, to use pasture breeding and have your mares in the pasture for a full 30 days so they have the full bonus. In addition, the more foals he has, the greater the odds of getting a superior to sire foal. At present, he only has 6 living offspring.

Remember, there is a lot of randomness built in to the results of breeding. Two perfect foundations can produce offspring with PT scores ranging from 8.9 to 10.4. I would assume that the variability for breeding ability results would be about the same.

His B papered colts are at least a bit superior to him, since they papered a level higher. If there is one whose color/pattern, you like, it wouldn't hurt to breed that one until you get a truly superior son. You may even get one next breeding season.

Patience is the watchword, and, "there's always next season," at least for a couple more game years.

I feel your pain this season. I'm having maybe one in 30 or 40 colts pass comparison testing...got lots that paper where I want them to but they're really making me work for a top colt! Some seasons it's really easy and you get a ton...others you may put a hundred colts on the ground and get only one or two you think are worth keeping.

I tried breeding one of my Axiom studs in HaJ1 today. I bred 5 foals and all of them were neutered, one of the colts by my choice, since he was only about as good as his sire, both B papered. I decided that the dice were NOT rolling my way at that moment and put off any more Axiom breeding until another day.

So I definitely can sympathize with you.

That will give you better odds. Good luck.