On whats probably about my 10th playthrough now, and I want to see if its worth doing things properly. I normally gamesharked in the 4 materia from the caves and Omnislash just because I don't have the concentration to spend a long time going through the motions getting them, thats why I don't spend much time levelling up, just hate repetitiveness.

My questions are these:

A) Can you breed a Gold Chocobo without racing them, and if so whats the difference in odds getting one compared to racing them? (I once managed to get all the way to black Chocobo without breeding it was always just that last stage that I couldn't get past)

B) Roughly how many hours does it take to 1) race each Chocobo to S class and 2) Roughly how long does it take to get the 32,000 BP needed for Omnislash

Thanks in advance for the help

SS