If you’ve been playing Pocket Card Jockey you may notice that many of the other horses you are racing against have better stats. It’s a big part of the game and often determines the winners. But there is a way to combat this, and that is by breeding your horses.
Breeding horses in Pocket Card Jockey is not an exact science, but with this how-to guide on how to breed and get stronger foals (baby horses) you’ll have a better shot at evening the odds during races.
GETTING STARTED
The first thing you need to do is raise your first horse and get them through Mature Mode, when the horse reaches four years old. You can retire your horse immediately to the farm or you can continue racing in the Mature Circuit. Beware though, if you lose three races in the Mature Circuit, the game will force your horse’s retirement.
So now that you have unlocked the Farm in Pocket Card Jockey, you can begin breeding. At the start you’ll need to go through Growth Mode again to get to raise another horse to retirement (be sure to pick the opposite sex of your first horse).
Once you have a female and male horse, you can pair them up at the Farm. You won’t immediately get a foal but you can go ahead and choose another horse and begin to race with them.
After some time (it’s best if you raise another horse to the Mature Circuit) you’ll want to return to Growth Mode and choose a new horse. There you’ll see a list of horses to choose from and a JR. symbol next to a horse. This horse is your foal from your first two horses.
WINNING IS THE KEY
If winning races wasn’t already your prime objective, you’ll want to win a ton if you want some good Foals. According to Pocket Card Jockey, the more the parents have achieved in races (namely winning) the stronger the foals will be.
So win as many races as possible before your horse is retired.
CHARACTERISTICS AND TEMPER
Foals inherit the characteristics and tempers of their parents. So if you want to a specific characteristic or temper you should try to get both parents to have the desired trait. If only one parent has the desired temper or characteristic, it may only have a percentage chance of obtaining it.
This is still being tested and we will update as soon as we learn more, but so far we found one foal that inherited the characteristic and temper of one of the parents.
Another stat to consider is the Peak Times of your horses. If both parents have the same Peak Times, the result will be stronger offspring.
You may also notice stars next to a horse’s name. This indicates how strong the horse is. The number of stars increase with each generation. The first generation with no-star parents produced a no-star offspring.
Horses also have breeding capacities. There’s an icon next to your horse’s name and it will turn gray when it cannot breed anymore, so be sure to take a look at it when you are pairing horses up.
INBREEDING
If you’re familiar with Pokémon, you’ll know that inbreeding is not only common, but preferred. That’s not the case in Pocket Card Jockey, however.
Inbreeding your horses results in bad-tempered offspring. Be careful, they are harder to handle.
That’s all for breeding in Pocket Card Jockey. Have you tried breeding the perfect horse yet? Any tips that we haven’t mentioned? Let us know in the comments section below.
