JC / Railbird

High-Class Runners

Via Thoroughbred Times, an academic study confirms that higher-class racemares produce higher-class offspring. (Interesting, and must-reading for anyone doing late-night kitchen-table broodmare research.) Faster mares, stakes winners or not, also produced above-average foals. Using Equibase speed ratings, the University of Louisville researchers found, “Speed is the breeder’s friend…. comparing speedy dams to slower dams reveals that the speed of the dam is highly statistically significant …”


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>>… for anyone doing late-night kitchen-table broodmare research.
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Ah the ever-versatile kitchen table.

So many uses for it. So little time. :D

Posted by The_Knight_Sky on March 3, 2011 @ 1:07 pm