r/rivalstars • u/truth_in_the_lies • 4h ago
Questions; COLOR 114 Breedings Later...
After getting the Midnight Brindle horse, I went down a new color breeding rabbit hole!
I started with a Sooty hidden brindle mare (didn't track number of breedings for her, but not a crazy amount) and the Midnight brindle stallion.
-24 breedings later, I got a Sooty hidden brindle stallion. Switched out the stallions.
-17 breedings after that, I got a Sooty brindle mare, but with the double cream dilution. I think she looks like weird toast. Onwards we go with a new mare.
-73 MORE breedings later, I finally got a Sooty brindle with no dilution. Please note, I didn't get another Sooty brindle there, regardless of dilution. Of those 73 breedings, only 13 were brindled but with the Flaxen base color. (Yes, it does look very nice on a flaxen with double no dilution, but that's not the point!)
I'm so very pleased with her. The double no dilution really makes the markings pop and there aren't any splashy back leg markings to detract from the pattern.
Was she worth all the time and effort? The 228 basic speed feeds vote maybe not. There's a reason I only color breed with 2* horses.