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Brindle sadly isn't really inheritable. Every horse has a random chance to get brindle. The good news is that have brindle parents (only parents, grandparents don't count I believe) increases the foals chance of getting brindle! It's a very slim increase, but still some. Almost all brindles are happy little surprises that pop up.

Having one parent increases your chance a lot - I have never had one just pop up randomly in my own experience. It is hard to get them. I try to breed at least 10 (I have 19 brindle stallions of breeding age) 50 times every season and out of that 500 foals maybe one is brindle. I think that chance is slightly better with both parents but still extremely small.
I have bred one this season but 2 seasons ago I had 5. Good luck :)

I really doubt that will have any effect, Heavenly. I would bet that the algorithims are not written that way. I think it would be more of a random occurance (for foundations) and a teensy bump to the chance if one parent or the other is brindle, regardless of color.

That is, however, my opinion, and I am no computer wiz like our fearless leader!

I have a starting stock of 3 studs and 12 mares mostly RS but have gotten some brindles that aren't rs and even one that is 3rd gen brindle that had a rs grand that was brindle and nothing in between.