Myth or reality?
 

What's your take.....

Does being in-foal improve a mare's performance?

In most cases - it seems like it does.

Well I know when my wife was pregnant I.....oh never mind.

I have never seen much of a difference

I've seen a fairly big difference on most occasions.

I'm sure many remember the Paulson turf horse who had a win and 2nd at big odds after she returned to the races in foal. I think her name was Steal Buns or Buns of Steal or something like that.

There is a filly racing now at PID named Modern Verve that is pregnant. I actually thought about claiming her for 5K when she was entered on opening day - she dominated a 12 horse field at 16/1 odds in her return and I thought the race was a lot faster than the figure it got.

However, she was announced as in foal before the races. I didn't want to spend the money for her once I found that out. Turned out to be a mistake.

Steel Buns is her correct name.

Sometimes the break from the track may have more to do with the improved performance than being in foal.

FTFY:p

:p :D

I'm much less skeptical of this than BTW's horse color pedigree theory...

But, link?

I agree with Chuck on this one...the time she may spend away from the track has a bigger impact than being in foal...unless she is the type that is a total bitch when she is in heat (I owned one of those once, for about a month), but most fillies at the track are on regumate so that is a moot point I guess.

Dixie Flag was a total bitch who regumate never seemed to touch. She ran some of her best races in heat. As a matter of fact she seemed to never get out of heat.

Always bet grays in the mud?

should have gotten her pregnant...that would keep her out of heat.;)