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That's not a bug. It just means the colt that you compared him to already had high ability for that cross. If Josiah was testing AGA before maxing, then he was already pretty close to the max ability for that cross before you maxed him.
Just looking at the bloodlines of your colts, it looks like at least two colts are pretty close to the max ability that can be produced by their parents.

When comparison testing horses who are really close together in ability, I’ve found it’s easier to find a different benchmark to compare the 3 to. Either the best horses from their parents generation (to make sure all test superior to that horse and not just parents) or some other benchmark that I’ve found.

I’ve discovered that comparison testing within a generation (generation to generation) only weeds out the very worst individuals and leaves you a little blind as far as where the rest fall. So if you’re trying to further sort through, you have to get creative.

@paradoxphoenix yes, I might have to try that, thanks

". I did expect the max to make him better than the others... or say " at max possible for these parents""

Maxing him did make him the max possible for his parents. But maxing makes them the make POSSBILE it is still possible to get that score without maxing. If you want better than possible you need to boost.

The one you maxed only has red/B papered parents, so there is a limit to how high he can max out to, if that makes sense. The ones with blue/A papered parents will have a higher max. But as to what they are now, if they are all AGA each other, try comparing to a few different horses, as one might be slightly better