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Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl reciprocates. Boy and girl have sex. Boy is enthralled. Best…
May 19 2013, 3:46am | Visit source ›
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Orb, Revolutionary, and Bold Ruler
“Orb and Revolutionary have something else in common. Something about their pedigrees that the other 17 starters yesterday did NOT…
May 11 2013, 1:57am | Visit source ›
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I have a few other pedigree thoughts about yesterday’s Kentucky Derby. The first involves Overanalyze (Dixie Union out of Unacloud,…
May 5 2013, 3:04am | Visit source ›
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Storm Cat Male Line, Kentucky Derby (continued)
Comment: “Mr. Prospector and Storm Cat bloodlines are my favorite whenever I’m doing my pedigree analysis. We will surely missed…
May 5 2013, 2:01am | Visit source ›
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Charles Hatton on 1954 champion three-year-old filly and champion handicap mare Parlo from the 1955 American Racing Manual. Breeders always…
April 25 2013, 1:39am | Visit source ›
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Selene–Dam of Hyperion, Pharamond, and Sickle
“Selene was 23 years old at the time of her death. She had produced fourteen foals, ten winners, six stakes…
April 17 2013, 2:31am | Visit source ›
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Reines-de-Course in the Female Line
A few months ago I posted on reines-de-course (hereafter to be referred to as RDCs), the female equivalent of chefs-de-race…
April 7 2013, 2:17am | Visit source ›
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Secretariat–Inbred Versus Outcrossed
I thought it might be interesting to compare the presences of Secretariat among sales foals of 2003-2007 by dividing them…
March 29 2013, 2:40am | Visit source ›
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I thought about some ways to substantiate the statement that all sires generally get better as you go farther back…
March 22 2013, 4:58am | Visit source ›
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The eight sires in the fourth generation of the following pedigree are as follows (top to bottom): Northern Dancer, Secretariat,…
March 22 2013, 4:14am | Visit source ›
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My last post concluded a seven-part series. The following is a postscript to that series, an additional thought that I…
March 16 2013, 1:34am | Visit source ›
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Only My Opinion; I May Be Right or Wrong
A few posts back I posed a question to readers and solicited replies. I received many replies (thank you all…
March 7 2013, 12:46am | Visit source ›
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Regression–Other Sires and Broodmare Sires
As some readers might remember, I did a post on “sires of sires” among sales foals of 1999-2002 back around…
March 1 2013, 2:21am | Visit source ›
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Northern Dancer–Regression to the Mean
NOTE: I have been castigated for using the word “heritability,” as you may have noticed if you look at the…
February 20 2013, 1:32am | Visit source ›
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“Heritability” is another word that requires some explanation. You do not even hear it or read it all that often…
February 13 2013, 2:29am | Visit source ›
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“Influence”–The Pope Shits in the Woods
Another one of my favorite chapters in Racehorse Breeding Theories was the last chapter, Chapter 16, “Evaluating Breeding Theories–Looking for…
February 9 2013, 1:29am | Visit source ›
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“Influence” (One Pedigree at a Time)
“Influence” is a tricky word. It means different things to different people. It means one thing to geneticists. It means…
January 30 2013, 1:35am | Visit source ›
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The general racing public seems obsessed with the idea that one day in the not too distant future genetics will…
January 23 2013, 1:41am | Visit source ›
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“Doc” seems to think that “selective” inbreeding as described above produces results that are even BETTER than the results of…
January 16 2013, 9:44am | Visit source ›
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Grey Flight requires no introduction and was mentioned in my last post as the dam of Misty Morn. Listed below…
January 9 2013, 2:26am | Visit source ›
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Charles Hatton on 1955 champion three-year-old filly and handicap mare Misty Morn from the 1956 American Racing Manual. ————————————————————————————- Breeders…
January 4 2013, 6:12am | Visit source ›
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted…
December 31 2012, 1:25am | Visit source ›
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Purveyors of Pedigree Bullshit
I take great pleasure reading your articles; I appreciate the research and the insight that you put into them. Many…
December 29 2012, 1:43am | Visit source ›
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Charles Hatton on 1954 champion two-year-old filly High Voltage from the 1955 American Racing Manual. The late William Woodward noted,…
December 28 2012, 2:00am | Visit source ›
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Rasmussen Factor–Reines-de-Course
“The Reines-de-Course (“Queens of the Turf”) series was created by Ellen Parker in 1991 as a guide to influential female Thoroughbred families…
December 20 2012, 3:06am | Visit source ›
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A Record Cribbage Weekend???????
I went up to Cincinnati this past weekend to see family and friends and play some cards. Cribbage mainly. Ended…
December 17 2012, 4:31am | Visit source ›
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Mr. Prospector–Inbred Versus Outcrossed
I thought it might be interesting to compare the presences of Mr. Prospector among sales foals of 2003-2007 by dividing…
December 13 2012, 2:47am | Visit source ›
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In my last post I compared the distributions by degree of closest inbreeding for an earlier group (all North American-bred…
December 8 2012, 2:41am | Visit source ›
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Performance of North American-Bred Foals of 1983 by Degree of Inbreeding Inbreeding Foals Stakes Winners…
December 1 2012, 2:45am | Visit source ›
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Frankel and Big Brown Patterns–Conclusion
A few months ago I commented about Frankel’s pedigree in Questions About Frankel, as well as the pedigree of Big Brown.…
November 24 2012, 2:34am | Visit source ›
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