HGG Community Forums

So why is consistency considered so desirable then? Are there other advantages to it?

Also, @Ammit, what do you mean by "Testing only alters based on it by member request"?

I have never looked at consistency for show horses.

I use it as a way to help me pick which foals I am keeping as breeding stock and which to spay/geld. If I have 100 foals, but I only have space for 5 intact foals, I need a criteria to help me separate my 5 keepers from 95 future show horses. So I start by doing all the testing, then move on to genes and lastly consistency. It’s a tool to help narrow down who your keeper are.

As a general rule inconsistency causes a horse to have a lower PT score than they would if they were consistent. I will sometimes GMT consistency onto a inconsistent low PT score and it can rase up to one point. 12 inconsistent PT + GMT = PT 12.2-13 consistent. Since one of my breeding goal is breeding the highest PT I can, and creating horses that regularly throw those PT numbers for generations, inconsistency isn’t a friend in my program. It’s a tool, but personal preference dictates whether you use it or not.

The common belief when I first started the game 6 years ago was breeding inconsistent horses together could cause a really inconsistent foal that wouldn’t pass BA. Which could explain why consistency is stressed as important. I think that’s a myth, or no longer relevant; but Ammit would have to answer that.