Breeding questions

So im kinda confused on the breeding aspect of the game, now I could be completely stupid and just missing a thread or something explaining this but like

How do you breed for thinks you want? Is it just like if one parent has it the foal could have it? Does it depend on what it is? Like I know that some horses carry certain things like a grey carrying grey would obviously give the chance of giving a grey 

I'm just very confused lol (I may be missing something that's right in front of me im so sorry)

Hi and welcome to the game!

It’s normal to be a bit lost in the beginning, you’re still figuring things out and that’s totally okay!

If you want to learn about breeding for coat colour: navigate to Game Guides here on the Forums (left from the Help Me tab) and read  Genetics Guide. It may be slightly difficult to understand at first, but working through it helped me a lot.
If the parents’ genotypes have been revealed at the Vet, you can also use Foal Genotype Caclulator which gives you all possible foal coat variations with genes. This also helped me understand the genetics.

If breeding for stats: read Why NSS is important: Breeding strategies.

I hope these threads will help you at least to some extent. If you have any more specific questions you didn’t find answers to, feel free to ask ♥

Hey!! It's all a game of genetics really. As far as I know the stats will pretty much average together between the parents' base stats. To improve them, you breed with an individual with better stats. Conformation you breed with individuals with better conformation to improve it in future generations. Color wise however, I genotype all of my horses at the vet. From there you'll get a list of letters that are displayed on their page. These letters are a representation of the genes they carry. 

For example: Grey. 

GG: All of the foals will be gray no matter what the other parent is. If the other parent is Gg, the foals will be 50% homozygous dominant (GG Grey) and 50% heterozygous (Gg Grey or carriers). If the other parent is gg (non-grey), the foals will be 100% heterozygous (Gg carriers).

Gg: You have a chance to not have grey depending on who you breed with. If bred with another heterozygous individual, Gg, you have a 25% chance for homozygous dominant GG (grey), a 50% chance for heterozygous Gg (Grey but a Carrier), and a 25% chance for homozygous recessive gg (non-grey). If bred with a homozygous GG, the results will be what I listed in the GG section. If bred with a gg, you have a 50% chance for a heterozygous Gg (grey carrier) and 50% for a homozygous recessive gg (non-grey).

gg: Crossed with GG will result in 100% heterozygous Gg (grey carriers). Crossed with Gg will result in 50% heterozygous (grey carrier) and 50% homozygous recessive (non-grey). Crossed with gg will result in 100% homozygous recessive gg (non-grey). 

Ideally, gg is the best to have if you do not want the grey, as you can avoid it completely by breeding with other gg, or you still have a 50% chance to not have it if you breed with a heterozygous carrier. The next best would be Gg, as you can take a risk with a homozygous dominant gg and have the chance to breed it out. The worst is GG because the horse will pass it on no matter what you breed with.

Here's a calculator you can use: omnicalculator.com/biology/punnett-square
A is going to be the dominant, a is going to be the recessive.