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Originally Posted by pgardn
I was suprised to learn that a study done at Cornell University showed that the throughbred population is not as highly inbred as they thought it would be based on all this breeding between relatives. THere is still quite a bit of diversity in the T-bred population even with all this inattention to diversity displayed by breeders trying to please the market.
I was very suprised. The soundness issue becomes even more of a mess when a bunch of males go to the shed at 3 and dont run that much. You never really know. I would use a male that had been on the track for a while. So one looks around, trys to sift through all the geldings, and you find what?
Maybe a bunch of ole boys with undesirable backgrounds. If these boys are sound, and can still run at older ages, I would give that a shot... If I really wanted a RUNNER; A horse that I planned to run for the sake of the actual intention of the sport. A real racehorse. Not a breeder. Then place the horse appropriately based on ability. And sit back and enjoy multiple years of racing with an individual horse. Thatsa what ida do. Have some fun maybe.
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That's precisely the reason I love that El Prado, Mr. Livingston so much... he raced sound until he was 7 (and retired sound), has an affordable stud fee and looks good to boot.