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I have mostly focused on showing and rating breeding. but I have a 2 year old stallion I'm thinking of using as my first color breeding stud as well as a couple of girls I think r really pretty. What are some things I should focus on in color breeding to get started? Some thoughts I had were breeding for color rarity or just over pretty horses, but what are yall's thoughts? please note that I am only using captured and home-bred horses. Possible CB stud: |
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I don't know if anyone can really give you advice on what to do for color breeding because it really comes down to personal preference. There's no right or wrong way to go about it, and there's no leaderboard to say someone is a "top" color breeder. I made the choice to breed for color only if the ratings made it worthwile. Otherwise I would just have a bunch of low rated horses that were fun to look at, and I prefer my horses to make money (showing-, breeding-, selling-wise). What are your goals with the stud you shared? I see he's homozygous dun and he's nice to look at, but he doesn't exactly have color rarity or great ratings. You might get some pretty-to-look-at babies but they won't have color rarity unless the mares are color bombs to make up for it, and they won't have good enough ratings to be sellable. If you just want to have fun putting two horses together to see what comes out, then go for it. Some people like to challenge themselves by setting goals of specific genetic/breed combos. My only advice is that if you can add in higher ratings while breeding for color, you'll be a lot better off. Otherwise you'll have to just have to accept it as a fun money sink. |
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Thank you. I think Im going to start with experimenting and having fun with it. I found some gene breeding guides for references. |
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