There have been ongoing attempts for years to breed a "super" horse or to unlock some genetic secret. To date, it has failed miserably. Royally bred/expensive yearlings continue to go down the tubes,for the most part, year after year considering their cost vs accomplishments.

The most interest today is at the in training sales where they "send" the babies, like the Forestry colt (9.80sec. for an eighth) who brought $16 mill.Lets face it, if they can't run fast, does it really matter what the breeding is, except say for a mares value in the breeding shed.I have been lucky in beating many of these expensive type, royally bred horses, that can't outrun a fat man carrying a refrigerator on his back.

Look at the list of Derby winners and great horses of recent times and I do not believe there are too many that were "royally" bred.The new genetic thing pointed out by Bob will be interesting to follow as maybe this new science will unlock the secret to breeding the super horse.