Pedigrees have to be the most overrated facet of the sport. And Joel did you say that even "Lauren Stich" does not know that? As if that column of hers is anything but hysterical reading when you have the blues? She overstates the obvious to the point of absurdity. WIll write a column that basically says a horse by a sprinter shouldnt go long and a horse by a stamina sire should go long. I find it a scream and have a few friends who read her column and howl with laughter, they just can't believe anyone would overstate the obvious. When it comes to science I would make Pgrdn 1-9 against any of the industry blowhards in terms of understanding the way that genetic works.