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did you Pasture breed or hand breed? Pasture bred mares give a bonus to the foals ; a little "boost" if you will ... are they evenly papered? Blue to an A? and dont forget ; SBA means the foal has to be better than both parents, a "boosted" stud is going to be a harder pass than a non boosted one ; even if they are evenly papered becuase he might be a High A almost Star, while the foal is a low A or Mid A and then wont pass SBA

Two things:

He is a star, and I bred him to all blue mares, so no, none were evenly papered. Totally forgot about that aspect. *facepalm*

I don't think I knew that to pass SBA meant that the foal had to be better than its parents. What is the purpose of the comparison testing then?

So essentially you could use either or depending on your premium membership?

Or maybe another way to think about it is that SBA is free (right?) and even as a premium you're going to lose $4k comparison testing? But the perk would be that you don't lose your breeder if they are only as good as the parents?

So if something passes SBA, there's no point in doing comparison testing, because you know it will be superior?

And don't forget that some of the Advanced Breeding Labs features also give a smallish breeding bonus, like the pastures (but not as much as the pasture)

I don't think I knew that to pass SBA meant that the foal had to be better than its parents. What is the purpose of the comparison testing then?

That is incorrect information. They do not have to be better than their parents to pass.

I thought I read quite some time ago that the lab gives equivalent of about a 15 day bonus. Do you know if that's still the case?

Correct