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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

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...

question for you Joel...why do you think that the BEST racemares are often/usually a disappointment as broodmares while average racemares become blue hens?