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I'm not an expert on it but I'd say it was the sire. He's lower quality than the mare. The filly was then also lower quality than her causing her to be spayed.

Are you sure that that is the correct horse/link? It says she is intact and untested.

Aha, I see that Ammit came in with a short answer while I was composing this longer one. Feel free to ignore the wordy one, unless you think it might help you to understand things. :D

Did you unalter her?

If this is the correct foal, here is the answer, once again.

1. Her sire is an A papered stallion.

2. Her dam is a Gold papered mare. The mare's paper is a level higher than the stallion's paper. You would need a *Star stallion to be the equivalent of a Gold papered mare, and even then one or the other might have a considerably higher breeding quality than the other. Since these are the highest levels that papering reaches, there can be a very, very wide range of ability covered, depending on the number of generations involved.

3. Since the mare tested higher than the stallion, it would be more difficult to get a filly that would have a breeding ability about as good as her dam. In fact, since the contribution of each parent to a foal's ability is a random number selected from a fairly wide range of possibilities, the A papered sire's contribution would have to come from the very, very top of his range for you to have any hope of getting a filly with a breeding ability even as good as her dam's.

4. If you leave the filly intact, you should start out breeding her to A papered 7th gen stallions with the highest Average Foal PT you can find, or to *Star 7th gen stallions with low or mid-range AFPT's compred to other Stars. My own choice would probably be the first option, and hope for luck to get a Star colt or a Gold filly from her. Although, to be totally honest, I would probably leave her neutered, since, over years of playing, I have come to trust the results of the testing as being the best thing for my stable.

She should, however, have a very decent PT score, and will probably, given time, reach the point of making a major contribution to your showing bonus.

I did end up unaltering her. Going to experiment a bit when she is of breeding age.

Also: spending a lot of money on straws, eggs, embryos, or even public breeding does not guarantee an intact foal. Theres a chance of getting an altered foal any time you breed thats just how the game works. Ive spent lots of money lots of times and only got expensive show ponies lol. Its just a risk you take. But as everyone said it was an uneven match even though they were the same generation. The stallion is a pretty low quality 6th gen stallion.

At least you know now :) we're all always learning and thats not a bad thing!