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Inbreeding has no negative consequences in this game, at least at present. Some players prefer horses that are not inbred and others don't particularly care. The decision about that is up to you.

The same principle holds for breeding with outside stallions or mares. If you have a small, beginning stable and want to vary your bloodlines, then you might choose to use outside breeding stock, either by purchasing appropriate horses that fit your goals for a given line or using horses that are up for public stud or brood. When you get to the point where you own a large number of barns and have room for lots of stallions and mares, then you can always shift directions.

There is no one right way to play this game, except that you may not find ways to cheat the rules. You've been playing for only two months, so your stable is very young, and you're really just beginning. We all set our own goals and play to meet them.

For what it's worth my advice is to breed your 2nd gens as well as you can afford to. If you want to diversify your lines using outside stock so you aren't forced into a lot of inbreeding, go right ahead. Build up your show herd, find some high-point horses to increase your showing bonus, add barns and pastures as you can afford them, and just have fun. When your stable grows large and wealthy enough that you can start a new line (or restart an older one) with more stallions and mares so you have a wider choice of foundation stock and a broader base for your higher generations, you can always neuter the older stock and add them to your show string. Then you can, in effect, start over, with a lot more experience in the game to guide you.