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Thank so much Kaylied! I've got a spreadsheet going but hadn't thought of adding the sire and dam or the DNA! So will definitely add these in!
Thanks so much again guys, really means a lot to have so much support on here!
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Ohh I do have a spreadsheet, I am happy t share my layout if it makes it easier for you, I track name, stats, DNA, Sire, Dam, height at birth, height at 10, jump, then i have breeding partner, if they are DNA bred, and then any notes
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Thanks so much Banrigh! I do try and keep a track of my horses on a spreadsheet and have seen some big improvements since i started doing that so hopefully that will continue!
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Oh boy... so when I had more time in my day to focus on PB and my horses I was very much like BMC and Sandly... to an extreme. I not only paired them, but I also went through with my Kelps and kept track of *every single horse*. Their lineage, jump height, how they improved year to year, active DNA count, what their parents jumped, their expected average jump per year based off their parents average.... Yeah I had several google sheets dedicated just to one barn of horses.
My TBs were a bit looser. Certain lines I noticed did better with each other, so I bred those lines. I ran on a lot of "gut feeling", even if a horse didn't perform as I wanted, or if I bought a lower jumping horse, it was often bred for the lines. But after their next generation, I bred only 90+, then 91+, slowly moving my standard up over generations.
Now its kind of flipped. I will breed the Kelps one, because I haven't had much time to be on with everything irl, and two, because I need Kelp foals. My standards for them have fallen.
On the flip side, my small project TB barn is all pairs xD
But in general I will breed for jump, for lines, for DNA, or for genetic diversity. Higher Jump is always better, proven lines are a bonus, DNA is always needed especially since there is new DNA. And genetic diversity is the outlier. I will breed to a not as high jumping horse, or a horse that doesn't have the previous three, just to get some genetic diversity into the lines and spread out the gene pool. Can't have everyone being related to the same horse lol!
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Thanks so much guys! Some of it I have already started doing which is good!
But great to get some tips from the best!
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I, like Sandly, pair for life.
To get past foal culling they have to have a certain amount of DNA. Then once they turn 16/17 they have to be passed a certain jump to avoid culling. Then i pair them up(making sure they are not related) and add them to my breeding book.
I breed them Every Saturday for Sunday foals, and everynow and then ill breed for thursday. But not often. My horses all end up with several breedings but few of them make it past foal culling.
I have a 47 year old mare right now with only 2-4 active foals. and thats the normal for most of mine.
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It might be a bit different for me as im breeding rares, so first of all, I pair for life, each pair gets 3 breedings thats it,
1st thing i look for is are they related
2nd whats the jump
3rd whats the DNA
I do sometimes swap and change 2nd and 3rd around, but thats usually my go to, and it has worked well so far
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