Avoiding Next Generation Match ups

Does anyone else absolutely HATE matching up their foals into breeding pairs once you've breed them?? Its my most hated part of the game. IDK why because I enjoy raising them once they are unlocked & working their way through the EV show system ranks but I just cant stand matching them up initially!

Literally to the point where I avoid it for months on end until I notice I have like 250 plus locked next gen foals that are in dire need of sorting out. But of course now I have hundreds to go through because I avoided the task for months. So I hate it even more. So I avoid it another month. Can you see a cycle here??? So I noticed I had 303 foals todays & thought "right Im starting to pair these pixels up" 

Im doing them in breed/discipline batches to save my sanity. I did my Dressage Trakes & after coming up with some creative names I got bored. So Im avoiding the task again! But then again I usually only do a batch each day. Tomorrow will be the SJ Trakes. Then SJ Dutchies, then Western Chincos.

But I just wondered if anyone else hated this or is it just me???

Last edited on 2018-10-18 at 10:04:05 by Fabelhaft [WBs/Friesians]

I hate it too. I hate pairing up foundations as well. I hate pairing any of them, lol. I even have groups of horses I never really intend to breed just to avoid having to pair them and then their foals and so on. 

I hate it too. I name my foals with letter code after their ancestors, so I would see more less how related they are to each other while pairing them up, but I know some people don't like naming horses "ABMJKI53127612" or so. Right now I wait for most of my 3 gen. horses to die out, so I could name gen. 4 and refresh the code.

I go by conformation and color nowadays; as stats are SOOO easy to earn! But you're right, it takes so long, and gives me a headache in doing so. I tend to pair them up 2-5 at a time: to get it done and to force myself to be active for the next generation.

Last edited on 2018-10-18 at 13:14:01 by 💜 Feathered Gold 💜

I actually love pairing horses... my lines are all unrelated though, so it's easy to avoid in/line breeding accidentally. I use an algorithm to pair by conformation which does most of the decisions.

Phew I thought it was just me!

@sikora - You have a good system there! Unfortunately I name mine a few letters of the sire & dam which can cause a bit of confusion!

@Almare - Most of my horses are related (especially the SJ Trakes a situation I am trying to fix!) although I Have 4 distinct seperate lines for the Dutch Wbs but I still have to check through each ones pedigree. 

@Feathered Gold - I match Trakes & Chincos up by colour then confo but Dutch WB & Friesians by stats then confo. I dont like taking too much of a stat hit by having a massive difference in the matched up generations. Usually no more than 2-3 gen difference like a 3rd gen with a Foundie or a 15th gen with a 12th. 

I hate it too - especially now that I have bought 2 herds of gypsies from the same owner & most are Gg's!!!! the last owner knew what they were doing as I seem to be a soft touch (not being able to transfer them out) & will have to carefully choose the right mate.

I love it.  Coming up with names is fun.  Plus I generally lead by confirmation, their stats will eventually even out down the line.