ISO Green Movement

[Revenant]

I've been breeding Exmoor Ponies for awhile, pretty much since I got started in the game (easy first breed to make), but right now I have myself in a hole: seems like my line, with the exception of CP Mann, has really, really bad movement. All of my next gen turned out red... D: I don't really care about breed, height, color, etc., just need really good movement to fix that. I'm sure I could buy a foundation horse of a different breed with good movement, but I'd love to give someone some game money instead. So if you have a stallion with green movement or a really nice comment, please let me know!

[Scythian]

The two foundation breeds with good movement are Forest Horse and North African Barb. Two of the poor-movement foundies, out of several, are Przewalski and Tarpan, the ancestors of Exmoors.

☪ Check This! is a Galloway stallion (that's Exmoor x [Exmoor x Friesian*], so 75% Exmoor) with a very favorable "Movement" comment: "This stallion takes steady, certain strides." Here's his profile page:

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/42306

I found him with a little research into "Breeds Wiki" and "Stallions at Stud". ☪ Check This! is exceptional; all the other Galloways have poor or average movement (there are only 10 altogether). Examination of his pedigree shows Friesians, plus a North African Barb ancestor. Never fear, he does rate as pure Galloway. (The +2 means for 2 generations.)

*Friesians are half Forest Horse. They often have good movement.

Crossing your Exmoors with ☪ Check This! should give 87% Exmoor in the first generation, 93% in the second, 96-7% in the third. Probably "pure" in one to three more. Anyway, if you want to enter Exmoor-only events, "part Exmoor" (87%) will get them in.

Good luck!

[Argent II]

"This stallion takes steady, certain strides" is a modest movement comment. On the slightly positive side of average.

[Djeraya]

Crossing your Exmoors with ☪ Check This! should give 87% Exmoor in the first generation, 93% in the second, 96-7% in the third. Probably "pure" in one to three more. Anyway, if you want to enter Exmoor-only events, "part Exmoor" (87%) will get them in.

That's not how it works at the moment as far I know. First generation will be Exmoor x Galloway (50 %).
But I agree that it's a nice stud, have a promising filly of him, too.

Update, if you are interested, check this colt, evaluates close to exmoor and has nearly all positive stats:

[Scythian]

Apologies about the breed designation. Let's just say I suspect strongly that while first gen is certainly Exmoor x Galloway, in effect the cross carries 75% Exmoor on one side, so further on Exmoor is likely to predominate. It's a little like Herakles and the tortoise, only at some point you are allowed to be close enough. (The game computer does have its adorable ways, eh?*)

Very nice colt there too.

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*Here's an unexpected result: I bred a half-Arabian (foundation dam) x half-Forest Horse (foundation sire) mare to [NYR] Beyond Gold, 100% Arabian. (Gorgeous colt, too. http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/138212) So 25% Forest Horse, 75% Arabian, right? Computer calls him "Part Arabian x Forest Horse (80%)". My best guess is that Beyond Gold is really prepotent.

As long as the computer keeps mentioning a second breed, he's a crossbred and can't enter breed-restricted Arabian events. However, parts, mixes, and crosses do turn up in competition statistics. I have a Belgian x Forest Horse who shows up on a Belgian list.

[Djeraya]

I've seen that as well, seems 75 % is in general rounded up to 80 %. Another example. Just checked, found at least one more on my pasture where the same thing happened.
I think it also happens with 25 % which is displayed as 30 %. Here is an example, although in this case, it could be hidden somewhere in the pedigree, albeit unlikely to be exactly 30 %.

[Aela]

If you're still looking for stallions, I might have someone of interest.

He has a positive remark in movement, and a successful career behind him :)
Matches 3 out of 4 points in Exmoor ponies

[SFH] Storm Sølvfjeld

[Scythian]

[SFH] Storm Sølvfjeld is a very successful stallion -- beautiful too! My bad, I just went for simple, didn't think of Aegidienbergers. They go back through Icelandic Ponies to Fjords, ultimately Przewalskis and Tarpans. And on the other side their ancestry is Peruvian Paso which is (Andalusian x North African Barb) which brings the graceful.

Another thing that tends to keep players guessing, and presumably training and entering contests: a horse with a meh comment in Movement can turn out to have some talent in Dressage. You're certainly right to want to improve red Movement, but progress can come in steps, and a collection of OK stats can do much good in open competition. Note that Argent II's breeding for better Dressage horses doesn't only involve Movement but the other discipline requirements -- Tempo, Balance, Strength -- and Intelligence. Even if Intelligence is not directly judged, it is highly desirable because the horse learns faster.

About the --what, he's 80%, not 75%??--, here is a "Part Colorado Ranger (95%)", just as an example of the computer's mysterious ways in calculating breed percentages.

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/254114