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Old 06-17-2007, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
I never really bought into this.

By "breeding for racing" I assume you mean breeding good mares to a lot of excellent distance race horses turned sires....the result of which is typically slowpoke, plodding offspring who get outpaced.
No, I mean breeding for horses who can stand training, walk into the gate more than four or five times in a 12-month period - preferably for more than one 12-month period - without breaking something, and win good races (note the plural usage) against high-class horses.

Unfortunately, as previously noted, breeding racehorses is slow and uncertain; breeding bloodstock is relatively quick and sure
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