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I’m finding myself in a weird place in the game at the moment, and not quite sure where to go from here. I’ve been playing for 7 years now and have a huge barn, with plenty of hbs/IVs, but I’m a bit cash and time poor at the moment.

My favourite line at the moment is definitely my Rainbow Riot 1 and 2 line with some ice, Platinum and Tobiano shatterglass mixed in. Currently my least favourite line is my Axiom/Warp/ice 10 line, not because I don’t love those genes, but more because I feel like I’ve seen those patterns over and over again and nothing is really feeling exciting in that herd.

90% of my paid genes are on foundation stallions, with just occasional mares getting a paid gene, usually ice or phantom.

These stallions are aging out:

1Gone N Dun It ExP QbVeDi


1True Spirit ExP QgVeCi

And I think I’m going to replace them with a hom warp het ice 10 paintbrush stallion.

And these are my Rainbow boys who I think are going to get divided into the Axiom pasture (which has a lot of chestnut and dun and cream in it) and my Rainbow pasture (which is mostly light or medium bay with a lot of appy).


1Rebel Cry ExP iDALb


1Stained Glass ExPro gsTP


1TonalChill ExPro sdTtDbi


1Crucible ExP PtADCbB

I’m still struggling a little with how this is going to change my herd overall, but there is so much cool stuff going on with the rainbow genes and how they combine, so I think I’m going to stick with that as a focus for now. I’d be very interested in any thoughts you might have, as I feel like I’m floundering through this a bit. Lack of time to breed is complicating this transition, but hopefully I will at least get through the foundation pastures in October!

As I have just returned from nealry a 2 year break, I am focusing on staying small and just keeping things more managable this time.
I got rid of everything so I guess that will make things easier for the time being. Just need to get a show herd going to boost the income but that is ok too, it will keep my growth rate down lol.

I am loving the new grey variations in this game and I think I will start focusing on that. I think the break also made the game exiting now that I have returned....if not also a ittle daunting.

This is my boy that I am going to be working on, I think I will forcus on playing around with the greys, in a small controlled group, then throw in a bit of snowflake (because that was my first love)


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@Goobanni welcome back! I remember buying a few of your senior horses when you were clearing your barns <3<br />You had such beautiful horses I can’t wait to see what you come up with this go around! And the boy you’re working on certainly lives up to that reputation! I didn’t even know you could still get the classic brindle markings instead of chimera, I could’ve sworn it was the dfp1 gene lol. Snowflake, Kp, and satin were my first loves too! It’s going to look great!
I don’t have much, but if you wanted to take a look at my barns there might be something useful for your show herd :)

@Goobanni, sorry I’m just seeing that second post! As of right now it’s up in the air. The first surgery they were supposed to remove it if present, but everything was too enclaves so they weren’t able to. So they are going to be putting me on a medication to simulate menopause for 6 months to reduce it, then on depo for a little bit to “wean me off”, and go from there. But I know medications don’t actually treat it, just mask the symptoms of it so it would still be growing and still cause problems, so I really just want to do the surgery regardless if I’m feeling better or not.
But I’ve been dealing with daily lower abdominal, back, and hip pain, fatigue, and many other issues for literally every day since March, so the fact that he may not remove it at all is a bit upsetting. It’s a bit too much to type all out, but he’s really my only option for a doctor at this moment, but my mom, sister, and myself have all had bad experiences with him in the past, so just being treated by him is a little nerve wracking.

@SpryOfJune The dun factor 1 mixed with onxy gives the brindle stripes. I have rolled him a couple of times and he alwasy has the spripes :)

@Goobanni thank you so much <3 I already feel like my emotions are a bit everywhere, so it’ll be interesting to see how it effects me once I actually start lol. But I’ll definitely take you up on that offer! I have a 2.5 year old son, a new puppy, and a blue collar husband, so I’m stuck somewhere between running in circles and stuck with my own thoughts, so it’ll be nice to have an adult to talk to :-))

@SpryOfJune That is incorrect. Horses that are hom DFP1 are labeled as Brindle. The horse @Goobani posted is not a chimera and therefor does not have 2 dna sets. Chimeras are not labeled as Brindle

There are no reports of any bugs related to brindle phenotypes or chimeric horses.

@SpryOfJune No worries! :) Hom DFP! is labeled as Brindle because it causes brindle-like stripes in the coat when paired with Dun or Onyx :)