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It would be possible with pastures I'd reckon, although I don't have a 4th gen Star in HJ2 yet. I'm positive I'll get one, one day! I have a A papered gen2 from two normal creates, I'd expect him to have a 4th gen star down the track, although I'd never be able to tell because eventually exceptional foundies come into it

Still thinking about it LOL, but the first B would have to be a high B, ie superior to an exceptional, which is certainly possible from C/yellow foundies. The next one would have to be better than 'just' an A, like a good mid A, then the next one could be a Star. So possible but might take a bit for it to happen!

This stallion started with mostly B's, but the gen2 was only the same level I get from my C's anyway, so it is at least possible I reckon
http://www.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=3067518

I had a workable theory at one stage, not real numbers, but I just put a number value on it so it made sense to me, so say a 9.9 is a C, 10.0 is a B, 11.0 is a A, 12.0 is a Star. Comparisons seem to be a 4 point difference, so a 10.4 'B' would be superior to a 9.9 'C', but a 10.2 'B' wouldn't be. So in the case of your horse, his hidden breeding number could have been11.4, so when you added 5 he is now 11.9, so not quite a Star, but at 11.4 he would be superior to a 11 'A'. I've no idea what the real numbers are but I have a few bench mark stallions so I know which ones are close to a star, which ones are only 'just' an A or a better A etc. It's pretty rough, certainly not exact, and probably nothing like it really is, but it gives me a good idea where my stallions are sitting in quality! Oh also I suspect that the range for A is larger than the B range, but it might only seem that way because I start at low A's, but start at mid B's

Cool Kintara! Thanks :)

All my second gen studs are A's..... I have not bred any further than that ATM and will be breeding my first second gen studs next season. I was kind of expecting them to produce star sons... Will be interesting to see if they do!

Thanks for the advice and encouragement Raina. I'm only using exceptional and boosted stock so glad I'm on the right track.

Oh yes, I didn't mean for it to seem like you should only use boosted or the exceptional stock. Hope it didn't come across that way.

About half of my stock is from regular C and Red papered foundations, whereas the other half is boosted and exceptional. Some of my best (and favorite) stallions are from normal foundation pairings. That said, most of my lines as they go into the 4th gen and higher are from a mix of regular and exceptional horses.

I only meant that it is unlikely to see a *Star in the 3rd gen unless you're using only boosted or exceptional stock (in reply to Zzahra).