Right can someone confirm something for me. I've looked around the net for confirmation but nothing actually states that you HAVE to race the chocobo's in order to get a black / gold chocobo. I've got a Blue and a Green one, I'm currently at the stage where I have Tifa in control.

Someone told me that you can breed a black one with the blue and green at this stage but it just means you have less chance with a class c chocobo. And due to the fact I have Tifa, the gold saucer is shut down.

I'd like to get the KOTR materia before I fight Ultimate Weapon, so can someone tell me if I do need to mate them and I'm not asking for if it'd help, I'm asking is it impossible to do it without racing them.

Thankyouuuuu