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paintedlytening · May 4, 2026 3:43 PM

Hi! I'm still ever learning this great game and all the ins and outs :) I have 3 foals, same dad but 3 diff mares - all consistent and higher test grades. I believe I understand consistent/inconsistent has a random scale, depending on if parents are on higher or lower end. 2 of the mares this was their first foals, the other mare it was her second and for dad this equals 4 foals. All 3 foals passed SBA. I guess I'm just trying to figure out if you would keep breeding any of the parents or cull - how would decide? Additionally would you breed any of these foals? My biggest concern/confusion is 508

https://bluegrass.horsegeneticsgame.com/horse.php?horseid=21361736
Foal 508 - Dad is 13.60, Mom is 14.00 but foal only came to be 12.90?

I'll attach the other 2 foals incase anyone wants to see them, their scores were better but lower than I had expected based on the parents. Would you breed these horses separately again to see what you get, cull them? Am I being too harsh? I will admit I get "stuck" on consistency as I don't like the look/sounds of inconsistence even though it only applies to showing(?).

https://bluegrass.horsegeneticsgame.com/horse.php?horseid=21361735
https://bluegrass.horsegeneticsgame.com/horse.php?horseid=21361734

Thank you :)

Fiddler · May 4, 2026 4:32 PM

How are you breeding them?
In the pasture?
Live?
With embryos?

Ammit · May 4, 2026 8:17 PM

Inconsistency factors into PT scores and high inconsistency will reduce it significantly.

Throwing an inconsistent foal is not a sign of bad parents, and testing has shown no negative impact from it when showing. If you dislike it you can always make your stallions perfect consistency in the gmt lab in the future.

paintedlytening · May 6, 2026 11:59 AM

@Fiddler - I am doing embryos, with "recip" mares that are 30+ days in pasture!

@Ammit - Interesting! If no impact then why do we have consistent/inconsistent results? So to clarify, since inconsistency scores plays into PT - for foal 508 even though parents have high PT and are consistent, him being inconsistent had enough of an effect to lower his PT score? Is this a "luck" type of thing? If I rebred the same combo could I get a total opposite of consistent and high PT?

Ammit · May 6, 2026 12:16 PM

It impacts the results in shows, it does not impact your overall earnings from shows. Inconsistent horses are not overall worse show horses than consistent one.

paintedlytening · May 6, 2026 2:03 PM

Thank you, what about the other questions I had listed? Did I clarify that correctly and is it based on "luck"?

Ammit · May 6, 2026 9:15 PM

If both parents are marked as consistent than they can produce consistent foals when bred again.

Ambervalleyarabians · May 7, 2026 6:04 AM

@paintedlytening

consistency makes a horse perform in shows a bit more consistently. view pt more as a temperament indicator. consistency and pt work and in hand a bit

it does also play into the producing ability of the mare and stallion. there is a range of numbers, different attributes or other factors behind the scenes, that determines when a foal is consistent or not (just like height as an example)

breeding using surrogates will provide more consistent and intact foals. a couple of foals do pop up here and there. you can make the parents perfectly consistent and/ or do a max ability update on them. this will increase the chance of consistent foals, but not eliminate the chance completely.

if, after that, you do get a foal that is inconsistent, i either update the consistency or make them into a show pony

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