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Duven is correct, the surrogate mare has no impact on the quality of the foal. She is simply a womb for the foal to develop.

If you are short of horses/space, I used to make random creates for surrogacy then dump them in the auction when I was finished with them

All lab breeding including straws and embryos gives the equivalent of 15 days pasture bonus.

@Cottonwoods Every day a mare spends in pasture gives her a quality bonus that transfers to her foals born in pasture. So foals born from a mare with a pasture bonus tend to have better papers and PT and general all around quality than foals that were not born this way.

What @OndowaStables is saying here is that all foals who are lab bred (ie: using straws or embryos) have the same advantages as if they were born from a mare who had been in pasture for 15 days.

I think I remember seeing a chart somewhere that shows the difference between foals with a 1 day pasture bonus vs a 30 day pasture bonus, which is the maximum. If anyone knows where to find this, please link it below! (I searched everywhere I could think of - the Wiki, FAQ section, the Forum, etc. and couldn't find it.)