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So yesterday I ended up down a several hour long rabbit hole that started innocently enough and ended with like 7 boosts and two clones. :))

I was going to GMT a bunch of surplus colts into mares so I can actually use them! But I hit a snag with my 3Gs when my best colt, very the much the best, was the one who missed basically all of the colour genes I want. And I couldn’t add them in the GMT lab because they weren’t there. Oh noes!

So this started a boosting spree on one of my next best colts with 4!! Boosts to get him up to par :-O

That solved one correctly coloured stallion for the coming season! But what about the second?

This is where the mare lag woes come in :))
I cloned one of the studs I used to for comparison testing the stallions and made him a mare, with my intention being finding a mare that compares to him, GMT to a stallion. I also cloned the best 3G stallion and turned that clone to a mare for the same reason.

And I discovered that even my best mares are woefully behind my best stallions. Makes sense, I guess, since I always have too many stallions and am always trying to narrow them down. Not quite as much with mares.

So I ended up having to boost up another stallion anyway. :))

All isn’t lost though! I found another way to differentiate my mare quality through comparison testing so I can bring their quality up more!

I do have post-spending-spree guilt though because yesterday cost me

1,100,000 in IV Purchase
432,000 in comparison testing
Plus real some money I probably shouldn’t have spent :))

It will be worth it, though!

Anyway, here are my clones!

Px4 Hometown Cowgirl

Px3 How About Slate Too

Their colours aren’t exciting, but their quality will help bring my mares up hopefully! That and additional comparison testing.