PETA - Big Brown

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Those people while probably not radicals dont know what they are talking about either. There is no soundness gene and genetics plays a very small role in the soundness of horses generally speaking.

Is there a fast gene? Is there an endurance gene?

I wonder why horses that win races are more highly bred than those that never break their maiden? If genetics plays no role in soundness, or a minor role, then it seems logical it should play a minor role in speed and endurance.
Yes?

Of course it is not an exact science. But honestly to say there is a minor genetic component...?
WE have completely changed horses in a very short time evolutionarily speaking. Especially for a mammal that takes longer than us in the gestation period.
Just like we have done with so many domesticated in animals and plants.