Re: Drugs/Two derby Preps/DW Lukas/ParaneckStables (573 Views)
Posted by:
NoCarolinaTony (IP Logged)
Date: March 27, 2006 09:31PM
Bob,
That wasn't my point at all. Our posts just crossed. Its an aspect of handicapping that merits its own thread.Your post speaks to a specific point of handicapping that has nothing to do with reading figs. The data on the sheets is very informative and gives insight into the breeding of the firster. So to answer your specific question, I don't want Jerry to stop including the info in the sheets as its supplements the figures or proxies when no figures exist at all.
Breeding science will never become an exact science. Breeding alone will not create a winner of a horse. Bad training,injuries can all compromise the breeding to some extent.
Each major breeding farm has a geneologiest studing crossing patterns/nicking patterns etc. Adena Springs/ Lanes End/ Phipps/ Coolmore/ Judmonte/ Claiborne all have a guy like the one you wrote about. They've had decades to play/perfect dna information. How far away are we from someone cloning horses?
NC Tony