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I just breed whatever I think is pretty 8-> But I'm also very strict with the quality, but I don't have any goals per se. And I think there are alot of us :P

I breed mostly Livers and Chocolate Palominos and super fantasy. All must pass SBA studs must be superior to their sires and depending on generation and who their parents are they need to paper a certain level I'm less picky with mares but paper level still matters and color I don't really keep show horses because my breeding stock rotates a lot. Oh and always even bred I personally don't do bootstrap. Primarily warmblood some RH and drafts slip in

I breed for my favourite genes on top of quality. I'm not as strict as some players on paper levels and comparison testing, but I definitely have certain bars I want to hit with each generation for foals.
I typically only breed even generations, because the symmetry makes my brain happy.

A lot of my breeding is color-based, with quality coming second, except with my Silk line. It's just a coincidence that the Silks ended up being grullo a ton. My Silver Sooty line is strictly color-based, but I want color and quality so I mix in some from other lines a lot. My mini herd is also strictly color, size, and bone weight, and I couldn't care less about quality with them. I BA mostly to get rid of unwanted foals. I want them to be about 1/2 and 1/2 black and white with as many white genes as I can get thrown in.

I breed boots and evens. I have 2 herds of boots, liver DP with S+ and whatever bling I can throw at em, and an anything goes Fantasy boot line. Quality is important for both lines, but moreso with my livers, and only the best stay. The fantasy line is newer, and focuses more on the color than quality but I've been slowly/steadily raising the quality of this herd thru the seasons while adding new genes at the same time, either thru outside mares or bootstrapping from my own foundie studs. It's just a super fun little project.
My evens are split into fantasy and non as well, with the fantasy herd taking up the majority. Again, it's anything goes with this bunch color/gene wise, but the quality has to be there. Studs at 2g must be A's. Higher gens must test STS and get tested against my benchmark each gen. Star/Gold happens at 5th gen or sooner, with a few blues that test sup being allowed to stay IF they catch genes I want, but only gold allowed in 6th gen or later. I have so many cool combos from this fantasy line! Non fantasy is two small lines, DP snowflake, and liver mushroom splashM. The snowflake line is going to get KP/KP2 added with my next foundie stud, and I may just throw the mushrooms in along with is cause that line is so small lol.
My newest startup is a line of damage making mini collectables that can't show but can definitely wreak havoc all over my farm. I have my stud nearly ready and will be breeding this batch for the first time before this season ends. Mare requirements are failed papers with pt under 1.1, they need to show me they'll do damage, pony sized, and hom sooty. I have a handful of mares with 0.0 pt and that's my studs PT as well. I can't wait to see how bad they do!

@Windigo - have to say that your even lines are intimidating, but awesome, and your havoc wreaking minis sound absolutely hilarious!

These minis do not(or, maybe they do...) disappoint lol. I have maybe have a dozen altogether, and about half pop me with damages every night lol.
Pretty sure they broke right out of purgatory and managed to come straight to my farm. Now they're squatting here in one of my barns on the back 40, or rather, what's left of it. Duct tape and baling twine hold it together, I've given up trying to fix it. They terrify my other horses, the little ankle biters! The Stud, Creature, has been holed up in the back of the barn. Pretty sure he's coming up with something big, I keep hearing hammering, drilling, and occasionally something explodes. I'm too scared to go check it out :-))

I thought revenge of the minis was just kind of a Tuesday for them... :))