Re: Sis City.... TG v Sheets (360 Views)
Posted by:
DeathBredon (IP Logged)
Date: May 04, 2005 03:53PM
Of course, tracks do try to juice things up on big days, but that doesn't mean that t-breds are not getting faster (and frailer). Indeed, the whole point of t-bred racing and breeding is to "improve the breed," which means make them faster.
Look what animal husbandry and breeding has acheived with other animals -- dogs, cats, birds, etc. And think about how much more money is and has been in the t-bred industry relative to the others. So, if you can bred a dog to look like a cat and vis versa, surely you can breed faster horses. So, it should surpirse no one that t-breds ARE actually getting faster on average all the time and will slowly continue to do so.
(Unfortunately, they also seem to be getting frailer, too. But that is another issue.)