how many times to breed

so when breeding how do you decide how many times you want to breed a horse? I started out going by the 200+ stat rule, and then I started getting horses that have better stats at younger ages, then I think oh I can rebreed this horse with a new horse. 

It's mainly personal preference. A lot of player refuse to breed their horses more than five times to prevent overbreeding and some unclean lines. Some (like me) don't care how many times a horse is bred. I'd be careful with breeding and to be aware of how many times a stallion or mare has been bred because I had a stud named Charles that I bred so many times to the point that most of my Andies are related.

that's what I want to avoid. I'm thinking something like 2 foals, depending on how many the horse has had be for I get it.

I'm breeding my pairs three times at 17/18/19. As I'm breeding for conformation, I take the best of those three foals on to the next generation. I'm assigning pairs for my lines so I don't have to worry about inbreeding.

it depends on what your goals for the foals are.

i pair up all of my horses and breed most of my stat focused lines twice (at 19 and 20). i keep the foals with the best color and/or confo

for my color and confo lines, i breed as many times as necessary to get what i'm looking for.

there's no right or wrong answer to how many times you want to breed; it's really all up to how you want to play the game :)

You play however you want :p

I personally only breed once at age 20, unless the horse has spectacular stats/confo then twice. I keep the best foal and sell the other to keep clean lines c: