Re: Andy Beyer on Triple Crown Spacing (499 Views)
Posted by:
alm (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2006 04:36PM
CTC
The best horse I ever bred came from a mare who never raced after cracking a sesamoid in a workout. He won at all distances up to ten furlongs and was a state champion, winning 12 out of 20 races. She went on to produce additional multiple stakes winners.
The second best horse I ever bred came from a mare who cracked a condylar in her third start. Her best foal is still running and is graded stakes placed...the first in her family in three generations.
There are no simple ways to determine the outcome of a breeding or the effectiveness of a stallion or mare. There are no generalities.
If Barbaro is able to breed it will all depend upon the types of mares brought to him and the outcomes of myriad gene combinations that will occur.
The only way to strengthen the thoroughbred breed after 300 years of inbreeding is through the introduction of new strains, which will NEVER happen. So this business is pretty much stuck in the place it is in.