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HarmonyC · Oct 21, 2020 7:34 PM

I don’t want to test them though! I know they’ll get Spayed! All my most beautiful ones end up getting Spayed!

The Great Queen

Into The Woods

Moon Rain

Angel On High

WitchwaterAcres · Oct 21, 2020 7:46 PM

When you bootstrap, you shouldn't test them, because they'll barely ever pass Breeding Advice. Since their lines are uneven, they most likely won't pass. If you're continuing to bootstrap, just don't test them and you'll be solid!

HarmonyC · Oct 21, 2020 7:50 PM

LOL. I don’t even know what Bootstrapping is! I’m just trying to breed some Homozygous Snowflake Appies.

HorseAngel · Oct 21, 2020 9:06 PM

Bootstrapping is pretty much the breeding of uneven lines usually for the purpose of getting higher PT show horses! You don't usually test your bootstrapping foals so that you can continue to breed them even though none would probably pass BA and it is used to build a good show heard! Hope that helps a little!

HarmonyC · Oct 21, 2020 9:37 PM

Hmmm! Well as I said I didn’t even know what Bootstrapping is. I was just trying to breed some Homozygous Snowflake Appaloosas

HorseAngel · Oct 21, 2020 9:51 PM

There all very lovely foals as well!

HarmonyC · Oct 21, 2020 11:54 PM

Thank you! I absolutely love my new foals. Unfortunately I accidentally tested a few and they got Altered but the ones I posted I refuse to test. LOL They just too pretty to have them get altered.

annismyrph · Oct 22, 2020 1:36 AM

you can turn off testing to stop your self from doing it accidently

HarmonyC · Oct 22, 2020 1:51 AM

Probably a Stupid question but do I have to turn off testing separately on each one or is there a way to turn off testing on all horses?

annismyrph · Oct 22, 2020 3:01 AM

i think its in 2 places ; 1 is the bottom of the barn page ; you just click the boxes on the horses line and then at the bottom of the barn page is a thing saying " TURN OFF ALL TESTING"
the other is on the indidviual horses page ; on Control Panel ; Turn off Testing

HarmonyC · Oct 22, 2020 3:16 AM

OK. Thank you

cissycat · Oct 22, 2020 6:20 AM

Your foals are so pretty!

HarmonyC · Oct 22, 2020 9:02 AM

cissycat - Thank you

cissycat · Oct 22, 2020 9:07 AM

Your welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Kintara · Oct 22, 2020 9:39 AM

Got to love a season of of beautiful foals!!

HarmonyC · Oct 22, 2020 9:44 AM

Kintara - Oh Yes! I got a few colts too. 2 of which I’m thinking of switching to be fillies because I love their coloring so much.

Kintara · Oct 22, 2020 9:53 AM

I wrote a really long post and it disappeared lol!! So I apologise for being blunt. My first version was much nicer..

We all love pretty foals, but what are you keeping them for? To look at? Bootstrapping is putting high Star stallions on lower quality mares to get higher PT show horses. You are not bootstrapping. The first foal I looked at is by a B papered stallion (who is from an A papered stallion) to a foundation mare. Honestly on that sort of low quality breeding I'd just BA the foals, otherwise you might end up breeding below 10PT and thus not much showing results. But hey, there are no rules, breed how you want, you just asked for advice is all

HarmonyC · Oct 22, 2020 10:00 AM

Actually I really didn’t ask for advice if you look at my Original post. I just posted my fillies and said that I didn’t want to test them because I know they’ll get Spayed. Then Oscar mentioned Bootstrapping and I said I didn’t know what that was. As I’ve said a few times now I’m only trying to breed some Homozygous Snowflake Appaloosas. Nothing more, Nothing less!

HorseAngel · Oct 22, 2020 10:05 AM

If you breed a little more evenly and match paper levels then your foals have better chances of passing BA and you get higher quality horses that way but you can always just breed for pretty too and not test them! ;)

HarmonyC · Oct 22, 2020 10:14 AM

The first few I just bred to whatever I could find that I thought would produce Homozygous Snowflakes. The last few I tried to match Paper Levels as best as I could but seriously it’s not easy finding ones that match Paper Level wise. LOL However as I said a few times now I’m really only breeding them to get Homozygous Snowflakes. I don’t really care too much about the Paper Levels. I’m NOT going to be testing them!

Kintara · Oct 22, 2020 5:17 PM

Fair enough HarmonyC, all good!

annismyrph · Oct 23, 2020 3:11 AM

@HarmonyC ; please just be aware alot of people on here wont buy an uneven bred horse ; and yes they DO check the pedigree page :) not trying to be hurtful just helpful ; i ve a ton of 2g and 3g HOM Snowflake studs ; if you give me an idea of what you are trying to breed for ?

HarmonyC · Oct 23, 2020 6:46 AM

annismyrph - As I’ve said a few times now I’m just breeding Snowflake Appaloosas. I don’t recall saying that I was breeding them to sell them. I’m breeding them for myself because I think they’re pretty. Also thank you for the offer but I’m really not needing Studs unless they match up better to the mares that I have. However I will not be testing the foals so I don’t know if that really matters.

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