O.K. Jeff, I give. When it comes to breeding you're Funny Cide to my Empire Maker...lol

You're knowledge in this realm clearly exceeds mine. I can see that Nogara was the dam of Nearco and that is enough to merit regard for her influence. Is there something else about her I am unaware. What about this duel inbreeding N x N to Teresina and N x N to Nogara. Is it significant in and of itself? I know Tesio had some inbreeding theories, but thats about all I know.

O.K. I tried to answer it myself. You're talking "line breeding" aren't you? As Olin Gentry said "Return to the sire the best blood of his dam" Funny though Cherished Moment follows this Tesio theory through Teresina/Tracery but not Nogara as Nogara is not in the pedigree of Graustark. Hmmmm but if you do a 5x pedigree on Graustark you get Tracery blood returning to the sire Ribot through Flower Bowl. The result was Graustark. Not a bad horse. lol You're really into this I see. Its giving me a headache lol