Sure, Chocobo breeding takes a lot of time (for me, most was spent trying to catch the Wonderful.... and it was a bad racer too... booooo) but it cost me hardly any money... why? Duplicate items
Yes yes, call me a cheater, but that's what I did with the Sylkis Greens.....

Oh and beating Teioh, I found him easy, hardly ever lost to him.