Do you take pedigree into account?

[sumitas]

Pedigree rules for first timers. For 3 year olds it says a lot about whether they can get a distance. Especially the Belmont.

Instead of just breeding the best with the best and getting a lot of crap, a serious mating produces a much higher rate of success. By serious I mean at least the first 5 gens and the linebreeding chart for 9 gens. A good student of pedigree can separate the wheat from the chaff in a lot of instances.