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I breed even generations but I breed one paper up with no problems, like B papered stallions to yellow mares, A papered stallion to red mares etc but you'll get a few less intact foals because the foals are compared to both parents. However I like it as it has a better chance of picking up the quality on the lower papered mares and get better foals for the next generation. Bootstrapping is a quick way to get higher PT foals to put away for your show herd. High PT Star stallions are usually plentiful, less so the mares, so breed the high PT stallion to the lesser quality and foundation mares, and keep the foals as show horses. They'll all be spayed/gelded if put through breeding advice which is fine for show horses, but some people keep back the better papering fillies to keep using as bootstrap mares to the good stallions, so they'll be untested. Usually only the Blue or Gold papered bootstrap fillies would be kept untested if you wanted to keep trying for higher PT

To get Star/Gold paper if you keep using superior sons through the generations, eventually the quality will get to Star. Every breeding has a chance at higher and lower quality foals, by selecting the better ones quality increases through the generations. Bootstrapping can throw a lot of Gold/Star as well though, they just won't be as high as the high PT Star stallion used necessarily