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A Foundation Horse is one that a player creates using the Create A Horse feature, quite often using a Daily Herd Helper, either a personal one or a shared one. These horse have no named ancestors that have been part of the game, although for creation purposes, they must have a hypothetical sire and dam to which they can be compared by the testing programs. However, for game purposes, they are the start of a new line.

Any horse that a player breeds from two horses already in the game would then be termed "lined" because it has a pedigree containing known, in-game horses that belong to some player of the game.

A second generation horse has known parents in its pedigree. A 3rd gen horse has known grandparents; a 4th gen horse has known great-grand parents, and so on.

Many players prefer to breed horses of the same generation together--foundation horse to foundation horse, 2nd gen to 2nd gen, and so on. Once you get past the fourth generation, ancestors are not seen directly on the Family tab, but can be seen by clicking on the link to the complete pedigree. Where players who are intent on breeding only horses of the same generation draw the line at which they stop keeping strict track of generations does vary.

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