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Getting a Brindle is basically just luck. There is a very small percentage of success that is there but, again, it's just mostly luck. That's why when old players get new brindles their over the moon with them. Plus, getting one to pass BA and especially SBA is hard enough as it is. And it's not necessarily a gene but there's some debate about that. It happens when two babies in the womb combine into one. That's what creates the "Brindle" effect. So if you want to start getting a decent amount of brindles every month or so, then you need to start stocking up on a lot of brindle mares. It's really the only way your going to get a somewhat decent amount, unless you just want to stay at what you have and play with luck.

In addition to above, just to give a small bit of perspective, I have been playing since September 2015 and i have only ever bred 15 brindle foals. But this is only because i have a bunch of pastures and most of my foundation studs, and several mares, are brindle. On the Forest Server i think my number was 25 brindle foals in the same amount of time. So luck is the biggest factor :) But it's always a nice surprise when it happens!

You can always center a breeding project around the genetics of the herd helpers...
I have Pumpkin Spice, Candy Corn and good china in my KP pasture because they have 2 kit mutations
And then I have bring back the sun in my silver black pasture because they are hom aa and with my stallion I'm guaranteed Silver Blacks.

So they can be useful in a breeding program without expecting brindle offspring

I try to only breed foundations that are brindle. So both the mares and the stallions it my foundation pasture are brindle. That gives me about 1 intact foal every 3rd year or so. But I love the excitement when I get one!:D