Value of Grade Horses
TheShootist [Basic || 13 posts] on 10/16/2023 8:04 pm
Good evening! I have a couple questions as far as breeding grade horses goes.
I'm starting my own line of Quarter Horses strictly from customs or wilds, and like one token foundation mare that for some reason came out better quality than the customs lol. Anyway, my goal is breeding 5* Cutting Horses with color. Would I ruin the value of these horses if I introduced Appaloosas into my bloodlines and bred them up to grade status to add more color variations, or would I have more appealing stock if I kept them purebred and used the Appaloosas as a separate project? Or should I do both, have the purebred lines as well as the colorful grade lines?
I have a while before I actually breed them, they're mostly 2/3yos and are starting to hit level 30, so not in a rush per say I just don't want to invest a lot of time in something that isn't worthwhile. Thank you!
Personally I think the value of the Grades comes into play when dealing with crossbreed campaigns.
That is because when you use a grade when breeding for a crossbreed campaign, the game will recogonize it as just "quarter horse" so it's a fun way to get extra colors into a crossbreed campaign.
Beyond that, I'm not sure many people do them except for funsies and to have pretties. And that's all based up to each individual. They can't be registered into their Breed Registry or ever be halter shown so they are restricted to only discipline shows or careers so that's a downside to them. Because of this they also won't be able to be halter shown as foals so they're going to have a disadvantage when it comes to leveling up compared to their pure counterparts.
Personally I have some grade Arabians as just a side project just for fun and to use with my crossbreed campaigns, but I have more purebreed Arabians because there are more people interested in them as pures for breeding and selling.
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