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I'm a newbie and I'm still in my researching phase and figuring out my goals. I think i want to work towards breeding for ratings. If anyone wants to help answer some of these questions, or even give any advice, I am open to any help! Sorry if of these questions have already been asked a million times or seem silly. . Is there a specific age that is the best time to breed horses. Like should I wait for my horses to be older and fully trained or see how they perform in shows? Curious on the general consensus. . When matching breedings, I see people mark down training progress. Since some ppl track 7 or 12 weeks, what info am I trying to look at here. Like why do you need to look at multiple weeks that have passed when you can see which bars are weaker currently? How does breeding for ratings work. Like do you want to pair high rating to low or high to high. Is it an average? Is it mostly random? Can ExE ever throw a W combo? . Is it possible to be successful/on the leaderboards without inbreeding? Like I dont mind some inbreeding if its further off the front page of pedigree or like great great grandparents but I really prefer to stay away from inbreeding. |
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Question 1: You can breed your horse when it's a 3 year old, you don't need to wait until they're any older but you are best waiting until they have trained to about 7-8 weeks (which they should be if trained from the time they're born anyway). You don't need to show them, to breed :) Question 2: Training a horse you want to match correctly is imporant because it finds your horses weakness. You always want to match mares to a stallion who is weak in what your mare is strong in. That way, they match :) You can still use breeding items of course Question 3: RF (random factor) as we call it... can surprise you and throw all sorts of ratings lol. I've had two EEE's throw me an EWW foal lol but she didn't produce very well. WWW x WWW can still throw you PEE even if matched. That's just RF lol but matching a s still important :) Question 4: Inbreeding (not not inbreeding) doesn't effect LB standings :) This was a rushed write up but I hope it can help <3 |
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Thanks for the quick reply! I ask if there's a benefit to breeding at older age vs younger because I didnt know if traits or anything inheritable becomes stronger as the horse ages. Like in another game I play you build stats as the horse ages and so to make the best foal its best to breed when a horse is older. I didnt know if something similar applies in this game. |
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Jezarae said:
Thanks for the quick reply! I ask if there's a benefit to breeding at older age vs younger because I didnt know if traits or anything inheritable becomes stronger as the horse ages. Like in another game I play you build stats as the horse ages and so to make the best foal its best to breed when a horse is older. I didnt know if something similar applies in this game.
Age won't matter its the training that does matter when it comes too breeding |
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But doesn't a horse have more training the older it gets? |
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Yes it will accumulate more training throughout time but more training doesn't equal better/stronger foals :) You just want more training to be able to tell what the horse's strengths and weaknesses are so that you can match it well when breeding <3 (So if a stallion is weak in one trait, you want to breed him to a mare that's strong in that trait, etc.) . Edit: There are a few guides throughout the forums that better explain how to match based on training ^^ |
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