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I don't know a percentage of passing SBA or precent of superior offspring. My 2nd gen pastures are all A-papered studs to both blue and red mares. A significant amount are passing SBA, but I also cull heavily for superior foals and color.

Same goes with my 4th gens, studs are all Star papered and mares are a mix of Blue and Golds. They are also in pastures though for that breeding bonus.

it isnt the mares that recieve the bonus ; its the foals ; and they get a "bump" when the mare is in 15days and then 30 i believe

Actually it is the mares that receive the boost I believe, which means they have a better chance to throw a higher quality foal, doesn't mean they necessarily will though.
As for the original question, a high blue can be nearly as a good as a low star, so not too hard to get a foal from them to pass, but the further apart they are in breeding ability, the less likely to get a foal to pass

At the foundation level, I've had success with B/Yellow crosses and C/Red crosses. B/Yellow crosses usually give me superior fillies and C/Red crosses usually give me superior colts, but I've gotten A/Blues here and there from those 2 types of crosses.

The aim of selective breeding is to produce animals that are better than their parents. A 2G breeding quality horse is often better than its parents. Breeding that 2G horse to a foundation horse for example pulls that quality down since the foundation horse is not as good quality. There are not many unevenly bred horses that will pass Breeding Advice, and even fewer of those would be able to pass Strict Breeding Advice.

Wow 7 genarations and still foundation blood
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