SpottedFur97 wrote:
Hello wonderful cross-breeders! I was wondering what determines the graphical appearance of a crossbred horse. Is it always tied to "dominant" bred (ie. what's listed as the breed in the breed section) or can graphical appearance and majority breed be separate things?
Completely random breeds in an example but
like if you have a 50/50 TWH x Irish Hunter sire & a 75/25 Canadian Horse x Hanoverian dam, what graphical appearance would the foal take? And is it random between pairings or can it vary with the same parents/breed percentages.
Sorry if this is confusing, I tend not to explain things well.
In most cases, the foal will take whichever breed has the highest percentage between the two parents. To find the breed percentages of the foal, just add the parents together and then divide by 2.
Also, the foal's stated breed in its characteristics is always the same as its graphic.
In cases when the parents share the same breeds evenly, the foal takes the dam's last listed breed. An example is
Midnight Pearl. She is a Newfoundland dominant Tenn. WalkerxNewfoundland cross. Both of her parents are the same cross. She took Newfoundland as her breed, because it's her dam's last listed breed.
In crosses where the parents are all different breeds, then the foal takes the sire's second listed breed in his genetics.
Claire's parents are LusitanoxAppaloosa (Shadow the sire) and PasoxVanner(Tan, the dam). Claire took Appaloosa as her breed, because Appaloosa is her sire's second listed breed.
If you're wanting to use Tears, I recommend breeding a test foal first, just in case there's a bug going on that produces an incorrect breed for the foal, which I've had happen before, but it's not common.
For your example, the foal would be Canadian, because it'll be the breed with the highest percentage between the two parents. Its genetics would look like this:
Canadian: 37.5%
Walker: 25%
Irish Hunter: 25%
Hanoverian: 12.5%