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Even breeding is supposed to mean even breeding ability. Many people confuse it and think it means even pedigree length. Some might call this even, but it is not when it comes to strict breeding advice.

That said, even breeding is no longer as important because there is no longer any penalty for breeding unevenly with regular breeding advice.

The more uneven you get the less likely a horse is to pass SBA. You have never had to be perfectly even to get passing foals. Breeding like this you will get less intact foals than you would if you breed evenly. Some people consider that to be a problem. Some people consider than an asset. :)

Sometimes the genes end up taking precedence over the quality or previous self imposed requirements, and that’s fine, the most important thing is to have fun playing!

Here’s a fun example from my own herd: this was a **star to a red cross! Uneven as heck, lol. But she’s *gold, so while she’s not necessarily the best of the best, I consider that a decent enough improvement to keep her around for the gene I want (ice 4, which I don’t have a ton of in my herd and I’m trying to get more. It’s so pretty!)


B Icy Yule Veil 10178706

And she gave me the cutest i4 filly this year!

B Yule Ice Prism 11577056

I've never done even ability breeding particularly, but I do even generation breeding, which does mean usually the abilities are fairly similar, especially if you keep doing BA/SBA through the generations.
I often breed reds/C and B/yellow foundations. They are all foundation so it's even breeding for me! The best thing is that as long as I use BA/SBA it increases the quality of the lower quality parent