Redwood Valley Equestrian Centre || Discussion

[jetred]

I voted yes, but I agree with the above. If it's putting more strain and stress on you, and you'd rather not do it, then that's perfectly fine. It's a nice touch, and I'm more than happy to wait longer for it, but it is more work for you.

[Oddly Shaded]

Question time!

Syd... If we want to breed a trait into a horse, ie; feathering & larger bodies into paints. If you breed a Clyde x paint then keep breeding to paints, would eventually the foal be called a purebred? Depending on percentage?

[SydneyandStorm]

Unfortunately, I'll have to warn you right now that feathering would be pretty difficult to pass on to a non-draft -- heavy feathering x non-feathered would have wavy feathering, and wavy feathering x non-feathered most likely wouldn't have feathering ^^' Height and such would be a bit easier.

But if one were ever able to breed back to a purebred enough times, yes, it'd be considered a purebred c: Whether it'd be accepted into the breed registries is up to the presidents, however.

[Oddly Shaded]

Haha feathering was just an example, but I thought I would ask as it intrigued me when I thought about it.

[SydneyandStorm]

Oh, of course ^^ I just wanted to clarify that, lest anyone be disappointed when their cross ends up without the pretty feathering c:

[OutFoxed]

Possibly Barrel could relate to stamina as the barrel in conformation does regard to lung capacity and heart girth.
Endurance related disciplines could be affected (cross country, endurance, competitive trail, racing & combined driving events) as well as the higher levels in competitions - a poor stamina horse could probably go around a four jump 18" hunter course but wouldn't do very well in a high performance 3'6 hunter class.

-more work/coding-
To improve the stamina of a horse by a couple of points (shouldn't be able to take a stat of 1 to 100+ due to training alone) there could be a special training session, or the general training session specified, to help improve the stat.

[stabbrielle]

I agree with Fox here, the barrel is important to factors such as endurance.

[SydneyandStorm]

I'd love to add that endurance-barrel thing in there somehow, but I can't imagine how unless I was to either replace a stat from cross-country and replace it with barrel or come up with a formula to use for competitions... the latter of which would take up a lot more time. I don't mind spending longer on competitions, but then results may not be up until Sunday, depending on how busy I am (and entries would still be due by Friday). What do you all think?

[jetred]

My main concern with a roleplay (and I do want one) is the location. For example, my barn is (in my mind at least) situated in Dartmoor, in England. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has just a firm grasp on just where their barn is situated.

[stabbrielle]

Same here jetred. Mines in Canada.