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Does the length of time the stallion is in the pasture have an effect?

Could I theoretically put a handful of mares in, and then throw in the stallion when I'm ready to breed? Can I select which stallion breeds which mares or if I click 'breed my pastures' will the mares all be bred at once by the same stallion?

I still only have one pasture so trying to plan this out.

Here's a little bit more about how it works, as I understand it.

Each stallion and each mare, depending on their breeding ability, has a range of potential contributions to the foal's breeding ability and the foal's showing ability--two entirely separate ranges of numbers.

When you breed two horses, the program randomly selects a number from the stallion's range, a number from the mare's range, combines them with another random factor. The average of those numbers is the breeding ability or the showing ability for the foal.

For every day your mare remains in the pasture, up to 30 days, a little bit more of the bottom of her potential contribution for each ability is hidden. This results in her contribution to the foal's ability coming progressively from higher in her potential range.

Ammit never gives us the exact numbers involved. Just like breeding horses in real life, there is considerable variability in the potential results of every breeding.

If I've got something wrong here, I expect Ammit will come and correct me. :D