[Info] NIB Horses

By Retired breeder, 17th November 2009 23:20:05
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It's about time the NIB breeders had their own corner of the world default smiley ;)

Curious about NIB horses? Want to know what a NIB horse is? You've come to the right place!

What is this topic for? NIB enthusiasts to find each other and help one another progress in their respective games.
Otherwise, you may use this topic to help others learn about NIBs, share your experience, and find friends that breed NIBs default smiley :)

Please do not use this topic for advertising horses for sale.

The NIB FAQ:

What is a NIB horse?
A NIB horse is a horse that is not inbred; every horse in its pedigree appears only once (with the exception of Ouranos and Gaia). Horses with "Horse Disappeared" in their pedigree are generally not accepted by NIB breeders unless the horses in question were bought before the horses disappeared and have verifiable pedigrees.

Are there green star NIB horses?
These horses have lower GP than green stars and other top horses, as not inbreeding limits the breeding availability and is slower to progress than breeding brothers to sisters and so forth.
**Misabel edit: The first Green star NIB horse was created on February 21, 2011 - a 6th generation Connemara pony with a star in stamina. He was the end result of a lot of hard work and effort, but now that some dedicated breeders have shown it can be done, we all have something to shoot for!

Are NIB horses considered better than green stars or inbred horses?
Goodness, no! Nobody here is attempting to make that claim. Just like the Zero GP horses, these players choose to play the game in their own challenging way.

How can I get involved with NIB breeding?
It's simple! Start by purchasing a few foundation horses, or horses whose pedigrees can be tracked down and verified as non-inbred. Then carefully breed them to create foals with good GP's and skills that are not inbred!


- Current Top GPs for NIB Horses:
(bred with the *original foundies* who had 350-351.2 GP)

Akhal-Teke: 433.29 (2*)
Appaloosa: 592.04 (10*) 6th Gen
Arabians : 847.17 (31*) 3rd Gen
Argentinean Criollo: 534.37 (7*) 1st Gen
Barbs: 392.93 (1*)
Brumbies: 441.30 (2*)
Canadian: 710.75 (18*) 2nd gen
Curly : 897.50 (33*) 3rd Gen
Donkeys: 300.42
Friesian : 507.78 (6*) 2nd Gen
Gypsy Vanner: 565.03 (9*)
Hackneys: 608.80 (11*) 2nd Gen
Hanoverians: 618.73 (12*)
Holsteiner: 584.14 (11*) 1st gen
Icelandic Horse: 431.19 (1*)
Irish Hunters: 452.22 (2*)
Knabstrupper: 564.89 (8*) 1st gen
KWPN: 414.32 (1*)
Lipizzans: 451.15 (2*)
Lusitanos: 558.72 (10*)
Marwari: 551.66 (8*) 1st gen
Morgans: 411.95 (1*)
Mustangs: 419.50 (1*)
Nokota : 427.57 (2*)
Paints: 461.44 (2*)
Peruvian Paso: 441.91 (2*)
Purebred Spanish Horse : 509.03 (6*) 1st gen
Quarter Horse: 450.30 (2*)
Russian Don: 636.94 (13*)
Shagya Arabian : 767.55 (25*) 5th gen
Standardbreds: 469.76 (3*)
Tennessee Walkers: 378.92 (1*)
Thoroughbred: 1086.54 (52*) 7th Gen
Trakhener: 432.77 (1*)

Australian Pony: 581.44 (9*) 1st gen
Chincoteague Pony : 575.97 (8*) 1st gen
Connemaras: 440.00 (2*)
Fjords: 447.42 (1*)
Haflingers: 496.41 (4*)
Highland Pony: 409.22
Newfoundlands: 417.87 (1*)
Quarter Pony: 477.27 (4*)
Shetland : 591.53 (11*) 1st gen
Welsh: 415.59 (1*)

Percherons: 503.74 (3*)
Shires: 461.15 (2*)
Drum horse: 1911.21 (134*)

- Current Top GPs for NIB Horses:
(bred with the *'new' foundies* who have the higher GP)

Barb : 5010.37 (445*) 2nd gen
Camargue : 4944.16 (438*) 2nd Gen
Canadians: 4019.57 (346*) 3rd gen
Curlys: 4480.67 (391*)
Hanoverian: 5510.41 (494*) 1st Gen
Holsteiner: 4627.18 (405*) 1st Gen
Knabstruppers: 3611.72
Finnish : 7001.13 (*642*) 1st gen
French Trotter: 5674.95 (511*) 2nd gen
Friesian: 4608.48 (404*) 2nd Gen
Lustiano : 4977.80 (441*) 1st gen
Mangalarga Marchador: 7417.82 (685*) 4th gen
Marwari : 5409.48 (484*) 1st Gen
Nokotas: 5283.03 (471*) 3rd Gen
Paint Horse: 3094.08 (252*)
Purebred Spanish Horse : 6045.91 5th gen
Quarter Horse: 3104.63 (253*)
Russian Don: 6747.60 (617*) 1st Gen

Kerry Bog: 3892.85 (332*)
Newfoundland Pony: 6955.84 (639*) 1gen
Welsh: 6844.92 (627*) 2nd Gen

Ban'ei: 7638.35 (707*) 3rd gen
Drum Horse : 2378.86 (181*) 5th Gen
Percheron: 5508.49 (494*) 1st Gen
Shire : 5067.74 (451*) 2nd Gen


Rivenwood's update schedule:
Sundays: Players breeding non-inbred horses may post the GPs of the horses they think are amongst the highest in the breed in this topic. Complete details should include everything listed in the form below. **Please DO NOT Submit GPs for rankings EXCEPT on Sunday!**
Misabel will post the latest high GP's for NIB horses in each breed from the Sunday submissions. Horses will not be named

Please submit your entry to the current high NIB GP using the following format in a post. It is important you use this exact format so Misabel can locate your post easily, or your submission may be missed:

My NIB GP Entry
Horse's Name:
Horse's Breed (purebreds only please):
Current GP:
Link to the Horse's Page:
 
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By always, 4th December 2009 03:55:13
Alassíeℓ - I collected quite a few foundation Friesian unicorns and one day I plan on doing something with them, but just haven't had the time yet (same with my NIB Friesians!) I keep on telling myself when I run out of Hanoverian foundations to work with I'll move to the next breed, but there's always more work to do with the black hano's I'm working with.

aml919 - I work with Hanoverians and have never tried Arabians, but its neat to know that someone else is doing some sort of colour project with NIB's
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By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 04:28:59
Alassíeℓ,, I believe HYDEIST and darkmaya both do NIB connie uni's .
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 05:12:52
always - lol, there's always work to be done, it's really hard to get away from a breed that you love. I know I'll always be working on my Friesians, I love that breed.

livelyblueyes - That is great to hear...I give them my utmost respect! I know there is not very many that do. I am not certain what I'm going to do with my unicorns, if I should even attempt it or not.
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 05:15:24
Well done on your NIB breeding livelyblueyes! default smiley (y)

-s+cdefault smiley :)
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 05:49:09
Thank you default smiley :)
*sigh* I have such a hand cramp from taking care of my horses lol. Hrmm maybe that's a sign I should stop purchasing new horses for awhile lol
By sammianne, 4th December 2009 06:14:29
Does anyone breed NIB Appaloosas? I'd really like to breed my foundation mare to a foundation stallion.
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By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 08:46:11
Forest Queen - I felt exactly the same about the GP jump and to be honest it really threw me and was part of the reason I lost interest in my NIB arabs. It just felt so disheartening - however I suppose there's nothing that can be done about it, so for now I'm just accepting that the GP jump between generations will keep widening...frustrating, yes, but when I think about all the time it takes to get to higher gens it's obvious that earlier lines and generations are still going to be very valuable.
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 10:43:41
I have a 2nd generation fully BLUPped IH nib, from foundation parents. His link is here :Austin 352.14. He offers 2 coverings every day for 200e each, PM me if you'd like me to reserve you one with the name of your mare default smiley :)
By sleepingrose, 4th December 2009 11:58:37
The GP jumps do worry me, particularly considering how slow (and often unmotivated!) I am at BLUPing and breeding my lot. But like some of you say, all those early gen horses will retain value when you consider just how many foundations are going to be needed to get to gen 10, for example.

always - I have a couple of Hano fillers that I got to help a foundy Hano I own with a retired GA coat get her wins. I will pop them in any of your comps if I spot your horses.
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By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 13:06:17
Yay, default smiley ^) Thanks to Dr Zig's stally I got now a baby stally ( Barb) with 353.66 / 93 ( yes used tears). Also got Barb mare 353.98 on way to get bluped. Unfortunately same mother so must keep them apart. Dont know how to link them here but affix is Bad Mon Rising.
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 13:31:25
I have NIB Appy Cowrns. Unfortunately, you can't get very far with only 6 foundations, and sadly we lost one of the foundations, so now we are down to 5. I have a filly that has all 6 foundations in her default smiley :)
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 16:49:02
I have few foundation Don and NIB - haven't really started with them yet

I just got frustrated when trying to buy good and cheap horses - all you ppl from USA overbidding me while I'm sleepingdefault smiley :'(

Changed breed and since there were foundation horses at sale I thought I can as well go to NIB project.


Anyway - I did some math and started to think again... after few generations amount of horses needed will be insane when you accept each horse only once.

Would it be totally impossible idea to make NIB breeding slightly easier and make it possible to use same horse several times?

I dont feel right to use brother and sister or son to mother or grandfather to young mare but... if you have 2 horses and look back generations without any inbreeding... and then find that there actually 1 stallion in both lines far far away...

Marriage would have been allowed for humans and probably nobody even remembered that "cousin steve" but that mistake will ruin your horses chance to be NIBdefault smiley :$


Ofc its easy to make things clear when you say "NIB is horse with no parent more than once in their lineage" but that will make things insanely hard at generation 10+


I would love to start NIB project but if that kinda demand that I buy hundreds and thousands foundation horses to keep going... that might be too much for me and make me feel bad for even thinking to "use" those foundation horses I currently havedefault smiley :(
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 17:00:59
Well, needing an insane number of foundies is just one of the downsides of NIBing, and that's why I'm doing paints. Many people (US in particular) know paints and will pick them for their first horse, so there are more foundies out there. Unfortunately, with the Dons, there are only so many of them, and they aren't always more and more because you can't get them when you first start your game.

However, if you wnat to use your horses more, I believe that there would be nothing wrong with having more than one line of horses, just don't cross the two lines and they are still NIB.


However, to get into many, many Generations, you will need a LOT of horses.
It takes a while to get through a few generations though because you have to BLUP&Breed seperate horses, and the number of horses increases every generation
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 17:07:31
NIBing is not for the faint of heart. It is an extremely hard way of breeding. The challenge it presents holds a lot of the appeal for those who are hardcore NIBer's.
It is not a GP race although .. just as anyone else is we are happy to get those high GPed NIb horses. It is easiest when you have several individuals who have the same goal and are working together.
You can call those individuals you work with breeding partners,friends or whatnot.
Kaliko ,HYDEIST and I had our original lines cross into each others herds .. now we are working on new horses with no relation to our originals and until the 3rd generation or so we will not be crossing those lines with each other.
What I am saying is .. it's not something you do for the numbers,or how easy it might be( trust me its not).. it's something you do because it's what you enjoy. If it something that is more of a pain in the rear than you get enjoyment out of it the odds are it may not be for you.
Evryone has something they enjoy about this game whether it be the Starred inbreds or the zero gp project. All in all .. , it boils down to finding something that appeals to you and sticking with it even if no one else agrees. In the end this game is something we all do for enjoyment.
MY best wishes to you .. but NIBing involves BLUPing a heap of horses .
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 17:09:25
I hope I did not come across as mean in my last post as it was not meant that way.
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 17:21:24
default smiley (lol) Did not sound mean to me just to the cold fact point of it, its just as it is..hard work...
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 17:32:00
I didnt think you are mean, someone has sometimes decided that NIB horse is from lineage where each horse is used only once and thats it.

It might be that since I have been thinking dog breeding in real life and there big inbreeding is very bad and will soon make severe dmg BUT also its impossible to breed without any inbreeding when you follow line far enough...

Its just real life breeding experience crashing with game mechanics default smiley ;)

I think I can start and I know I feel my responsibility about foundation horses so I will make sure those horses will live and have many foals. And when its their time they will go to heaven, not just disappear.

Good luck to you all with your breeding experiments default smiley :)
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 18:07:51
Shadowbird, the great thing about NIB breeding is that you do what you want with it. If you want to cross lines in later generations & you are happy with that, then go for it. There are no rules except what you make for yourself! Some NIBers only breed across the same generation, other mix generations, no right, no wrong, just what you want to make of it for yourself.

Enjoy the game, that's the main point. If someone else doesn't agree with how you play, then so what.

I train some NIB arabs for my mom but she does all the breeding. She buys me passes to use on my own horses, good deal for me!
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 18:12:02
Oh I forgot, Does anyone else do NIB Donkey's? I have some, but I'm having trouble finding foundation donkey's or other NIB donkeys. Send me a pm if you have any foundies you want to sell or work together.

Thanks
By aml919, 4th December 2009 18:48:57
Anybody interested in an untouched foundie Barb, I still have one left over from the world tour. PM me an offer if interested, I'd prefer she goes to an NIB breeder.


livelyblueyes - you are so right that NIB is not for the faintheated! I have 43 pairs of foundation arabs right now. I should be able to go 7 generations with them if I only breed each horse 1x. Assuming a 4 point average increase in gp with each generation, my one 7th generation horse should only have a gp of about 375! That's just short of the 380 you need for a green star. Not very encouraging if you aren't determined!
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By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 18:51:13
In response to the person who was asking about NIB Uni's, i have a couple of 100 blup 1st gen Connie NIB uni's and some 2nd gen foals. I have a strawberry roan second gen colt available if anyone is interested? Pm me to discuss default smiley ;)
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 18:54:08
Doh .. Kaliko I totally forgot about your Unis lol
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 19:01:22
I used to breed NIBs and failed miserably. I then changed to IBs. However, I would love to find a breeding partner for NIB's too. default smiley :)
By Retired breeder, 4th December 2009 19:26:12
From the way it looks, my unicorns may have to just go the gp route, all though their first generation foals (the rejects) would work fantastic for my NIB project.
By Storms Ransome, 4th December 2009 20:07:03
Rivenwood is there anyway you make it so that older players can get a Gaia foal? I want foals, but I don't buy passes, and I would love to get at least one foundation of each of the breed that I am working on....

Oh well default smiley :)

I am breeding Paints, Morgans, QHs, Appys, and Mustangs default smiley ;) All great western horses default smiley :)

And I have had most success with my QHs, and my Appys. Any help with any of my breeds and those breeds would be greatly appreciated default smiley :) I got to 354.29 I believe it is with my Appys, and I got to 357. something with my Palomino QH default smiley :) I am so happy! Sorry just had to say how good it feels to get high GP with NIB breeding default smiley :)
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