Dominican breeding?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I agree with this for the most part, although I think you could certainly say that Babaro had a good distance pedigree.
In general I think it would be foolish to IGNORE pedigree (as some people do) in a situation where horses are all attempting to go 10F for the first time, but it is only one of many tools.
Dominican's sire was a miler, so I wouldn't say the 10f will help him exactly, but his dam-side (generally considered the more important side in terms of stamina) is plenty strong to keep him from being a "pedigree toss."
Uncle Daddy, If you like using pedigree to make your Derby selections, you probably want to look at Hard Spun. His dam-side is loaded with staying power (Turkoman, Roberto, Alydar) and his sire has already sired a 3yo classic winner (along with about 4 billion other stakes winners). Hard Spun has a great "Derby pedigree."
But I still don't think I am going to use him in the race.

That is among the many things I like about Hard Spun, but not the basis for my reason to have him as my top selection at this point...
I agree you cannot IGNORE it completely, however, you are doing it the correct way, not this chef-de-race dosage BS!