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lecobb · Oct 18, 2021 7:53 AM

I've mostly been breeding for show horses (taking exceptional foundations and breeding them to the highest PT/Paper stallion that I have, 13.4/star). I think i'm correct that this is described as bootstrapping.

Now i'm trying to understand breeding "breeders" better. I've read through the forums a bit, and played around with my own horses, and have noticed that these bootstrap horses often don't seem to pass the breeding advice, but may still paper well. If i'm remembering correctly, it does auto speld them? Will any bootstrap horses pass the breeding advice? If i'm just keeping these bootstrap foals to breed back to their sire (or similar) for more show horses, should I just skip the BA?

I've seen people reference breeding evenly. Should I just take my exceptional foundation B/Red horses, put them in the pasture for a boost, breed them together, then test and hope for A/Blue foals? Then do the same for any of that generation?

annismyrph · Oct 18, 2021 8:48 AM

ok , so evenly bred refers to 2 things ; even papers and / or even generations ( mostly both at the same time )
so you would want to breed 1st gen red mares to 1st gen B studs , 2nd gen red mares to 2nd gen B studs ( or Blue mares to A studs ) i have had decent success with 2nd gen A studs to either Red or Blue 2g mares.
Bootstrapping is when you breed a High PT scored stud to foundation mares ; generally you geld the colts ( most would pass BA anyway as their sire is so much higher than their dam ) you Dont test the fillies and you breed them back to sire ... the Geldings are your show herd ; the fillies keep it going . this gives you a jump start on earning HB's to get better breeding stock. A really good tool is Comp Testing the colts to the sire ; even if they paper higher you ll want to test them to ensure you are improving the breeding stock with each generation.
Hope that helps a bit :)

lecobb · Oct 18, 2021 10:37 AM

That helps a lot!

Humboldt · Oct 18, 2021 11:46 AM

Something to keep in mind too, is that good breeding horses produce good foals that can show also.

So if you want to breed evenly for a color or pattern, you will still produce good show foals to earn you money. Some of those will end up passing breeding advice and be able to help you carry on the line .

My 2nd generation horses (bred from exceptional producer foundations) make up the majority of my show herd. Most tend to reach their peak ability at the 7W show level, which earns lots of points/hbs.

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