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I have 336 foundation mares. One 90 stall barn is for surrogates for embryo transfers, but my goal is to have them all Chesnut StySty Perfect Foundation mares so they can show and be available if I need an extra broodie here and there. 50 of them (I think) are TNP mares in my Primary pasture.

I am pretty darned picky about which foals stay intact. I usually allow 1 or 2 colts per season, and as many fillies as surpass both parents. The more I breed, the better my chances of getting stellar babies! The rest all just go to auction after they are altered.

Is it wrong for me to put some if my foundies for sale? I mainly breed foals so I dont really go on creating sprees so is it worth me keeping my foundy mares except for my RS mares and studs.

best friend, no it's not wrong to sell the foundies! Just check to see their show points before you do. It may affect your showing bonus.

I swap out foundation mares all the time.

ETA: basic foundation mares, that is. I tend to hold tight to my PF, TNP, and especially my Exceptional mares.

If my foundy mares dont have the pf tattoo how will i know? Is there away for me to check by a search?

best, if they don't have the tattoo, then check under the records tab, if you got them from the Foundation Rescue then, yes, they are perfect foundations. Otherwise, the only other way to PARTIALLY know is if they have less than 9.9 PT you will know they aren't PFs. If they have 9.9 you just have to guess at the breeding score.

How do i look up exceptional perfect. I know i put it in the tattoo slot did i spell it right?

Ok thanks.

I have 271 foundation mares lol. And thats after culling multiple times. I have a huge collection of rank specials. I mean brindle mares alone I think I have 50+. And the mares who arent rank specials get bred sometimes. Mostly theyre show mares, there for embryo transplant if I need them, or to make foals that I just snip and auction. The foundations have been last priority for a while but with my new foundation boys theyve been moving up on the list lol.

I'm sorry for this dumb and probably worn out question...
But what exactly is a foundation horse on here? :\">

@Ethereala
Breeding Evenly

I'm on my phone so I can't remember where to find the uneven breeding discussion page, but above is a link that explains even breeding. There are no silly questions! Everyone was new and had to learn the ropes at some point. :)

Even lines and generations: http://hj2.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/14259/horse-generation-breeding-and-even-ness#Item_10

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/10331/uneven-breeding-lines#Item_10

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

yes I feel the same about mine Friesian and I don't like to spay or geld mine either lol

Do you breed all of your foundations?

@DragonRun, I really like that plan. I have something similar - a three strikes policy - but moving them to a last chance pasture would make them easier to identify. Currently, I look at each individual page to see if they: have three foals, the intact-altered ratio, and the average PT score of their foals. It is rather time consuming.

@Ritsika - every year I sort my foundies (this was only my 3 breeding year - so "every" may be a stretch). I have 3 special pastures - my WhiteConcerns pasture where I have to be careful with the studs, my Apps pasture and my drafts pasture.

All other foundies are sorted into one of 5 pastures. My primary pasture has mares with an AFPT between 10 - 10.19, another pasture AFPT GT 10.2 for mares with an AFPT between 10.2 - 10.39, TopProducingGen1 pasture for AFPT 10.4+, then on the other side AFPT LT 10 for AFPTs less than 10, and finally my last chance pasture. That is a lot of moving mares between pastures after every breeding season, but it makes future culling easy and helps me pick the best stallions for each pasture.

I was a little unfocused my first two breeding seasons. My first year I bred mostly crap with the odd accidental gem. I am sure when I look back at breeding season 3, I will also shudder, but I am feeling pretty good about it now. Because of the slow start, I have been a little lenient this year, but it will end up at three strikes you are out, after next year. After next season, my last chancers are gone, and the following year, anything in the less than 10 pasture.

By then my G2s should be running strong and I will decrease the number of foundation pastures. I would like to only keep those with an AFPT of greater than 10.2 - 10.4, but I have not decided yet exactly where that cut off will be.