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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
I think that it would be presumptious to say that a mare who was a top class runner that was not a good producer had extra vet help. Same with stallions. Look at a horse like Lemon Drop Kid. Top class horse who seemingly was not trained by a "move up" trainer but seems hard pressed to replicate himself as a stallion. Was he enhanced as a runner? I think not. He seems to be passing on traits from his sire, Kingmambo, namely turfy types. Same with Skip Away. It has nothing to do with drugs it is genetics which are always much clearer 30 years down the road in hindsight.
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perhaps i should have said
might have had help...and I think in some cases it is true...but as i said it's just my opinion. And I think Skip Away's opportunity as a stallion has suffered from his lack of fashionable pedigree.
genetics are obviously the determining factor and for to understand how genes express themselves it takes generations of a population...however it is that much harder to make a determination when runners are enhanced.