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Originally Posted by pgardn
Thats the ole ateam I remember. Ready to correct.
Cunningham ole chap. You bet first time starters based on pedigree? Do you ever watch them work. I take work and movement much more serioulsy than genetic dice, which is what it is if you really know genetics.
I will mention three terms since I know you help with picking horses and love pedigree stuff. I cannot see how anyone in the business could not be humbled by these three terms.
1. Sexual reproduction (takes two to tango)
2. Indepedent assortment of chromosomes
3. Crossing over
Dont these send chills down your spine?
And one question that no one on the other board answered. Why, from a biological point of view, is it more likely that a mare has more influence on stamina in offspring that the male?
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This makes no sense....OF COURSE I INCORPORATE PEDIGREES HEAVILY INTO MY HANDICAPPING, especially in baby races or turf races or first-timr route races, etc.....there are a MILLION angles where it is appropriate to incorporate pedigree and if you don't believe that then I am glad to be wagering against players like you because you are the ones I must be making money off of
...Thanks!
As for the foal being more reliant on the quality of the mare, well of course!...The mare has one foal a year and the stallion has up to 200 foals a year, especially if he shuttles......If there are 200 A.P. Indy foals running around from his '05 crop, it is easy to assume that one by Azeri as the dam would be better than the one by a cheaper mare, right?...Of course....the sire has substantial influence, but you can only do so much if you are the sire because the mare also has to be good....to BE a stallion you have to have been pretty damn good....not the same to be a broodmare.....Believe me, you'll never trump me on pedigrees nor influence me on your opinion that they are unimportant...won't happen...