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Well I didn’t follow the conventional bootstrapping method. I started with foundation mares in a pasture, and used a second gen A papered stallion. Then I switched to another A papered stallion that was a similar quality as the first. Out of their foals I only kept the blue fillies. All colts were gelded. When my blue fillies starting aging up I culled all yellow mares in the pastures and put the fillies in their place. When I ran out of Yellow mare’s to cull I started culling Reds.

The this months stallion I used is a very high A. He only gave me Blue and Gold. All the mares in my pasture are blue now, and I’m just about to start adding Golds.

Next month I have a Star stallion I’m going to use. In my pastures. I’m hoping to get more Gold fillies out of him then I’ll start culling out my blue mares. I only have the one pasture so I have to conserve space. I took the slow route but I’m happy with what I’ve done in 8months.

So my advice. Keep that colt if you want, but it’ll be 2 months before he can breed. So go find a 2yr or older stallion that you like what he has (papered, PT, Color) and buy him. If you love what that other A colt looks like go find his star doppelgänger.

I would assume it would be better for you to use one you have so that you can use the pasture to get better quality and cheaper foals. Most bootstrappers breed the fillies back to their Sire so I don’t think it really matters as long as one is higher papered than the other.