Re: 6 Minutes prior to post in the Preakness... (686 Views)
Posted by:
SoCalMan2 (IP Logged)
Date: May 23, 2006 03:27AM
Query, if Barbaro survives and goes on to be a stallion, will his progeny be genetically inclined to be fragile and more prone than the average thoroughbred to the same sort of accident that befell their daddy? If yes, is there irony in the fact that they are saving him for the purposes of breeding, yet that breeding should cause more of the same accidents requiring saving? Where does it lead in the end? I am not saying they should not try to save a life; I am merely wondering where this leads. Maybe in the TGI we need to add a new element -- an ouchy factor reflecting how ouchy a stallion's progeny sheets look.