The worst pedigree wins the Derby

HOw in hell could any of this possibly matter when there are three sires that start the entire breed? Maybe if you were talking female families I could see maybe, because there you have like 40 choices but no one seems to put all their stock on female families either.

[Linny]

Mike's profiles focus mostly on the female line.

[blackthroatedwind]

Mike Veitch is OK by me. He was a teacher in the Saratoga Junior High when I was a kid and I used to spend lots of time talking to him about racing. He's just another racing fan who helped ruin my life.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Linny

Mike's profiles focus mostly on the female line.

That's what doesn't make sense to me...Street Sense's dam, Bedazzle has seven reines-de-courses in her 5 generation pedigree! Hard to see how anyone who focuses on the dam side and the female influence in general could devalue that pedigree!

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by easy goer

HOw in hell could any of this possibly matter when there are three sires that start the entire breed? Maybe if you were talking female families I could see maybe, because there you have like 40 choices but no one seems to put all their stock on female families either.

Those three foundation sires lived a long long time ago...many folks believe that one sire and one dam started the human line and yet genetics are considered important!

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Those three foundation sires lived a long long time ago...many folks believe that one sire and one dam started the human line and yet genetics are considered important!

No one believes that, dude. It's now called a "bottleneck" population. They no longer do the "Eve hypothesis." See R. Cann et al.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by easy goer

No one believes that, dude. It's now called a "bottleneck" population. They no longer do the "Eve hypothesis." See R. Cann et al.

Didn't say I believed it dude!