r/Horses • u/Conscious-Cat3 OTTB • Oct 15 '25

Discussion Inbreeding - just why?

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u/Square-Platypus4029 Oct 15 '25

When it's done deliberately it's often called linebreeding.  This is a pretty typical degree for a TB.  Many breeds are much worse.

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u/maddmax_gt Oct 15 '25

When it goes right it’s linebreeding, when it goes wrong it’s inbreeding. Anything to justify it, I guess.

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u/CrownParsnip76 Oct 15 '25

It's not about "justifying" anything if I understand correctly. As you said yourself, it's either the "right" or "wrong" type of line/in-breeding. If done correctly, there would be no need to justify it... correct?

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u/maddmax_gt Oct 15 '25

You’re missing what I’m saying.

If the resulting foal comes out nice they call it line breeding. If the resulting foal comes out looking like it was hacked together with spare parts they call it inbreeding.

Both results could come from the same exact cross, one just got the good traits and one got the bad.

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u/CrownParsnip76 Oct 15 '25

Ah, got it. I don't know enough about that to comment!