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I just made myself a super fancy stud with all the colors I could possibly like and then used a bunch of high quality mares. Then I only focused on quality, with zero reguard to color. I find myself pleasantly surprised by the ressesive color combo's that pop up in my herd, even without me trying.

I used to breed for black, grullo and palomino. After a while it was difficult to keep all 3 lines so I went through my horses and really looked to see which line really made me squeal and which were just there. I still love all 3 but I like how the white stands out on the grey coats a touch more than black.

Ive alway focused on Appys, on any sim Ive played..love my appies..
Im really loving the w2frames aswell...just starting to work with them..
My goal is to one day have a snowflake. Im trying to figure out how to GMT my own snowflake..sighh..Just one...jusssst want 1 snowflake lol.. Ive already spent a fortune trying to GMT horses...havent figured it out yet lolz

I am working on trying to get my horses more high quality, which is kinda taking a long time but I made requirements that each generation had to meet for me to keep the horse. But I am in love with Appaloosas, especially the blankets and leopards, and I also love Sabino! But getting rid of some horses is so hard! :)

You dont HAVE to have a certain amount of things youre striving for when it comes to colors or color / pattern combinations.

I have KP, GP, Kitm, Satin, Pearl, Nexus, Axiom, Snowflake, Ice1, Ice5, Ice8, Ice10, Ice13, Sooty+, Splash, Splash2, All different white patterns, all different colors (Im probably missing something) some horses have a few of those genes at once some dont.

Would it be better(easier) if I had a narrowed down focus? Yeah probably :)) But I love lots of things so I decide to not limit myself lol

Like Moon, I had a bit of everything. I also started lines going one direction, got a really cool foal with an unexpected base color or pattern and completely changed the direction I was going with that line to follow what that foal had shown me (double cream with Nexus, leopard Appaloosa with Ice 10, silver black with Ice 9).

The one overriding thing I always bred for was quality. And I have to say, because I never had specific color goals for my lines, I never had any problem snipping foals. If they were pretty but didn't pass testing or meet my standards I had no problem making them show ponies. And since my show herd was so extensive, that was the last time I looked at most of them, even the really flashy ones.

If/when I come back I intend to limit myself much more as far as number of lines I work with....but quality will still be my top priority.

This was my culling strategy at the beginning of the year. Obviously since mares can be tested at birth, and mare Papering is no longer influenced by stallion quality, some of the papering for mares would change a little.

Cheers February 6
Yeah, no problem! And you're welcome to share these with anyone!

As a note, I have had the Premium upgrade to work with, which has helped me progress both by being able to do all testing and because I've had access to things like embryo transfer. I also have been able to invest heavily (real cash) into pastures when Ammit has had sales, so all of my non-breeding-lab breeding is done in pasture with mares that have the full pasture bonus. And finally, I've had a massive show herd to fund testing, breeding, buying, GMTing, etc. I'm well aware most players don't have those luxuries but I would highly recommend to every single player to make building a show herd their top priority, even if it means sacrificing a few months of breeding. Buy established show ponies with a decent points balance, save your show bonus until you can buy more barns to house more show ponies. If you can build up a decent bonus, you will be able to fund your breeding and testing from that.

Cheers Cull and Keep Strategy:

Colts and stallions are culled at initial testing based on the standards set out below. If a new benchmark is found for a generation, all stallions in that generation are retested and culled if they don't measure up. In a rare case I may be too in love with a stallion to cull it...it will usually go up for public breeding even though it is inferior. It will be plainly marked as inferior. I used to keep inferior stallions for specific lines (Nexus was my biggest offender) thinking I would snip them once I got one up to my standards. Obviously that is a trap because you are using an inferior stallion to breed your next generation of broodmares. Better to skip breeding a group of horses or breed them to a top stallion who doesn't quite fit the profile than breed them to an inferior stallion who is "shiny"...

Mares must pass consistency and SMA at birth/purchase. Since you can't really evaluate the breeding quality of a mare until she has foals, mares are set out to pasture to breed for several seasons. With most snipped foals, I make notes on a mare's page about why they were snipped. Mares with lots of snipped foals who still meet AFPT and Papering requirements may be culled at my discretion. In particular a mare who has had many snipped and auctioned foals such that she never comes up for Papering is likely to be culled. Once a mare has been papered she must maintain an AFPT above cut off to remain in my pasture. Mares culled for AFPT are often sent to auction intact...mares culled for lots of snipped foals or low Papering are snipped and then may be auctioned or sent to the show herd...

I keep every foal that PTs at 10.0 and up. If they fail testing, they go to the show herd. Foals with PTs below 10.0 may be rarely kept in gen 2, but all foals with a PT below 10.0 is marked on the mare's page.

Mares used for breeding via egg collection or with straws are NOT held to the same AFPT standards as those in pastures. I try to remember to make notes that a mare has been straw bred so she is given a break on AFPT (but not Papering) if needed. She will also be forgiven a straw foal that fails basic testing since the vast majority of lab bred foals will not pass testing.

Ok, now that I've waffled on, here are the standards!

Foundation:
Stallions must be Perfect Foundation equivalent or better and paper at least C.
Mares may be regular creates through ExPerf/ExPro. Mares must Paper Red and have an AFPT of 10.0. I have culled tons of perfect foundation equivalents for low AFPT score.

Gen 2:
Filly foals must pass all testing, especially SMA and consistency. With very few exceptions fillies must PT at 10.0 or more. (Exceptions made for lab foals, really special colors).
Colts must pass basic testing (GA,consistency) and Paper B from perfect foundation stallions, A from boosted stallions. (I had decided not to necessarily hold the offspring of boosted mares to the A standard, although obviously an A from a perfect stallion and a boosted mare will automatically supersede any existing B offspring of that stallion). Colts are NOT culled on PT. Colts are compared to a benchmark (who was a B stallion known to be AGA a boosted gen 2 A stallion) AND a gen 2 boosted A stallion (I instituted this method before ExPerf/ExPro were introduced to the game. I would now simply test them against a gen 2 A which is a very low A).
Gen 2 mares must Paper Red, but I expect some of my best mares, especially bred to boosted line stallions, to Paper Blue. They must have an AFPT of 10.5 or more.

Gen 3:
Filly foals must PT 10.5 or up.
Colts must Paper A and compare superior to a boosted gen 2 A. My benchmark was a mid range A son of a boosted sire...this just takes lots of Comparing to find a stallion that is superior to most of his generation...
Mares must Paper Blue and have an AFPT of 11.0 and up.

Gen 4:
Filly foals must PT 11.0 and up.
Colts must Paper A and my benchmark was an A Papered stallion who was AGA a gen 5 non-boosted line *Star. I had managed to breed 3 *Star gen 4 stallions before I quit. You should probably strive for *Star gen 4s from boosted lines, *Star gen 5s from regular lines.
Mares must Paper Blue and have an AFPT of 11.4.

Gen 5:
Filly foals PT at or over 11.4.
Colts paper *Star.
My goal was for mares to paper *Gold at gen 5. AFPT 11.8 or so.

Gen 6: I was just starting to think about my gen 6 fillies. My guess is the goal would have been:
Colts paper *Star, compare superior to gen 5 *Star.
Mares paper Gold. AFPT would have started at 12.0 and crept up as my stock improved.

Yeah after those little "beautiful mind" moments I had with Scope on an 8 Gen investment and analyzing AFPT correlation to Papering scores, I feel like I'm getting much more oriented and have begun setting up goals and steps to reach those goals.

First goal is to save up for an account upgrade because I don't feel comfortable using AFPT to measure my horses breeding ability anymore.

Eh... Maybe not beautiful mind moments. Maybe more like Rain Man moments.

always remember HunterUnderSaddleGirl quality always should come over pretty colors. I learned that lesson the hard way all my pretty coats got altered because they were not good quality. most everybody breeds for quality and have great results doing it that way. and the more altered horses you get the more points go to your daily show bonus. I have a ton of altered horses just for show and they rack in the points.you just have to figure out witch pair would go good together breeding same level papers together c/yellow B/red A/blue and gold/star breed evenly 1 generation to 1 generation 2 generation to 2 generation ect. and check the horses Average foal performance test of both parents and if they have around the same AFPT then breed those two together but if they have not been bred yet try to match their performance test scores. you can breed pretty coats and get good results again if you breed evenly and match papers and use strict breeding advice always if you ever upgrade to the premium account. its a very useful tool. anyways I'm sending out this message for a lot of newer players to just something to keep in mind ;)

@Starfire

Yep, I completely agree. Foals must have 10.3 PT at 2G. But I don't like solids. So I have like an 80% cull percentage. Lol. But yes thank you.