Value of a mare..

Originally Posted by paisjpq

in her first couple of years as a broodmare she will have the best mating opportunities (assuming she is halfway decent herself) because she is an unknown in the shed....unless her foal run well those opportunities dry up, and the quality of the runner drops off.

even crappy broodmares usually got the best chance for a good runner early on.

I realize that isn't a biological explanation...but I don't really buy the whole 'dried up uterus' deal.

No that actually is a heck of a reasonable explaination that is not biological that the authors above probably took into account if they did their study properly.

Basically all they are saying it is the female's oven (uterus) that is responsible for baking the cake properly. They dont say anything about the ingredients supplied from both mom and dad (genetics). Which is good to know because there is nothing about genetics involved in this particular study. Sorry for the talk down.Your explaination would be one of the first things you would query the authors about.

The 55 to 60 thing v. the male would be something I would have to say why not 50/50

Oops I just realized you did not even ask about the uterus, you just said you dont buy it.