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I thought I would write down one of my breeding plans for everyone to see. 1. to get input from all of you and 2. for any new people to get an idea of how this works and the in's and out's from a breeding stand point.

I have 15 lines currently, will possibly add more and will certainly be mixing a few into each other. For the most part I line breed all of them. I start my lines with 1 or 2 stallions and at least 30 mares. Some lines have more, like my 2 DP lines, simply because I get carried away. From that foundation I keep 1 or 2 stallions and 30 mares to carry the line to the next generation and repeat. The game does not punish you for inbreeding, at least not that I have seen. So, I don't worry about bringing in new blood or anything like that. Breeding this way gives me greater control over the next generation. I have 2 lines where pattern plays a big part. My Silver Fawkes line and my Pintaloosa line.

I want my Silver Fawkes line to have that Silver Pocket Watch splash pattern to them. Here is Silver Fawkes for visual aid.

WO1 Silver Fawkes

What I'm looking for are white legs and a white face. To be picky I want the white to come just up to the belly and either right in front of or right behind the ears. I also want them to be dark so homo sty is a must. I may even throw in one of my DP boys down the road to insure they are really dark. The way I normally do things is after all the testing has been done, that's a whole other novel that I wont get into right now, I pick the stallion out who is as close to the pattern I want. I'm tougher on my boys than the girls in this area. The girls I give some slack, depending on the 1 or 2 stallions I have chosen. I will let the girls have to much white or not enough knowing my stallions will make up the difference and give me the offspring I'm looking for.

My Pintaloosa line is the other line where I watch pattern. What I want is that white triangle at the shoulders that is indicative of Tobiano and a spotted butt of the Appaloosa. I can care less about base color or any other white markings currently as long as I get those two things. Here is an example of one of my perfect yearlings from this season.

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The reason I chose those two markings is because you know right away by looking at her that she's a Pintaloosa. There is no guessing it is obvious. I don't want the blanket appaloosa pattern because I think it looks to much like just a Tobiano marking and not obviously an Appaloosa marking.

I'm still going through testing all this years foals and have not finished deciding who is staying and who is leaving. I also still have other genes I might through into both lines along the way like making my Pintaloosa's brown and adding DP to one or both lines. That's the plan for both lines in a nut shell and what will guide me in my breeding program as far as looks go.
I hope this is helpful to someone. I know it was helpful to me just to write it all down. Happy breeding everyone!