Corinthian or Bernardini

Originally Posted by paisjpq

question for you Joel...why do you think that the BEST racemares are often/usually a disappointment as broodmares while average racemares become blue hens?

It is situational, but I will give you my opinion in general:

Law of numbers...great racemares had the luck of staying healthy to become great while there are many other well-bred blue hen race mares that had lite racing careers or never raced period....Who's to say that an unraced mare could not have been the next Azeri had she run?...Plus, the great racemares are so few of the breeding population that it is strictly a law of numbers thing...Additionally, many great racemares were "freaks" and there is nothing you can do to predict a freak..What I mean by freak is a filly like Xtra Heat who had no business being as fast or as good as she was with her pedigree...if you don't have a good family and you turn out to be a great racemare - it is no guaratee that you'll be a great broodmare.....Pedigree means a lot and there is such thing as a strong female breeding line...some pedigrees are "Racing" type pedigrees and some are "Breeding" type pedigrees - if that makes any sense to you.....there are many factors to this great phenomina...