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I have only 2 lines: the high PT and everything else.
The high PT gets the prefix ZO (short for Zolotaya Orda, my barn name).

Everything else gets the line prefix x and a letter according to their generations. All foundations gets a name that begins with A, 2. gen gets names that begins with B, 3rd gens the letter C etc.

That way I know what generation the horse are just by looking at their names, without adding anything more to it.

I do it like this:
1. KP or GP is they have it (I don't do GP on this server anymore though)
2. M+the number I use for the line (1 is brown, 2 is DP, 3 is satin and 4 -was- snowflake)
3. Name
4. Generation

So names will look like:
KP M2 Horsey McHorse 3G (homozygous KP, in my DP line and 3rd gen)
Kp M3 Pony McPonester 2G (heterozygous KP, in my satin line and 2nd gen)
kp M1 Stud McStudly 5G (possibly KP, in my brown line and 5th gen)
or
M2 John 4G (no KP, in my DP line and 4th gen)

(Why yes, I am very creative, thanks for asking :-)) )

I do not need colors or anything else in the name, as I always use the search when I breed, and I color test everything, so I have all the info I need available. I just need what I have to make searching easier. I always start with the highest generation and when I get to 4th gen I start narrowing the search. First I'll search for "KP M3 4G", then "KP 4G", then "M3 4G", then "M1 4G", "M2 4G" and lastly just "4G". That is the same order as I have my studs listed in the notepad (on my laptop) I use to plan breedings, and makes breeding so much easier and manageble.

I use my farm initials with the Gen, color or special gene, ID number and paper level. So mine look like WF1 ZzEe saSa # Red. It tells me that it's a 1G, silver black, het satin, red papered mare. I use the number because I have multiple of the same color, like livers or silver blacks.

I do as follows:
My prefix MS, then the generation number, the name of the horse after that the genes they have, with a h in front of it if they are homo for it and a p if they could be carriers but are not confirmed yet (possible). SF = Snowflake, GP = Gulastra Plume, KP = Kitpromotor, SAT = Satin, DP = Dense Pheomelonin, PLD = Plaid, NEX = Nexus, and sometimes i+number for the ice they have (i9 = ice 9, i8= ice 8 etc). However, sometimes it doesn't all fit so i often leave DP out in that case ;')
I also often try to come up with names that seem to follow logically from their parents names, so I'll know from what line the horse is.

So it will be like:
MS2 SuperDoomed SFGPDP (2gen mare, probably from my stud Super Silver, hetero for snowflake, GP and DP)
MS3 YouvalancheGPhSFSATKP (3rd gen stud, hetero for GP, homo for Snowflake, Satin, and KP) He is also homo DP but that couldn't fit is name so was left out :')
MS3 ThinMunster hSATpSFKP (3rd gen, homo satin, possible snowflake and/or KP carrier).

If they could be carriers of some genes I put in their notes from which parent they could have got it, so like this last mare: "HOMO SATIN!
Possible KP, DP and/or Snowflake carrier, dad = hetero for all"

And ofcourse I change their name if they are confirmed carriers, as well as put it in their notes.

However, I do have so many horses now that I might want to step over to an easier system with more numbers and letters, to speed up the naming. However, I do like my horses to have 'real' names, so not sure when this will happen yet :')
I did change my showhorse naming over the years tho: just MS + generation number, SHOW, and ID number. Sometimes if they have nice genes I put that in there as well or if they are super stunning I give them a 'real' name.

I use tattoos for PATN, sooty, liver, champagne, and sire lines. Use real names on my horses and letters for generations.