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Okay so I have managed to completely confuse myself about the differences between BA and SBA and when and how to use them and interpret results.

As I understand it BA compares a foal to its parents and if it is a good result for the parents it will pass. BA is a good test for uneven breeding since the foal is not being compared to each parent individually.

SBA will only keep foals intact who are as good as or better than both the sire and dam. Foals are compared to each parent individually, so if a foal is the same quality as the sire, but lower quality than the dam they are altered. If a foal passes SBA they will comparison test AGA or Superior to since any foal who is worse that their sire or dam is snipped. The exclusion is cap quality ** who will always pass since they are as good as you can get without boosting.

Where I get confused is that "Normal Breeding Advice cares if a foal is a good result for that cross not if the foal is superior to its parents." So does that mean BA is more strict than SBA if it will alter foals who are superior to its parents, but deemed not a good outcome? I was also told that "Unless one of the horses in the pedigree was boosted, then SBA won’t work for even."

Thank you for any and all help in wrapping my head around this :x