Pedigree Query

California is an island with great horsemen and a lot --a LOT-- of money. I think what you are seeing is Darwin applied to racing. Any California based horse trying to make it on the national stage has got to get through the millions --no HUNDREDS of millions--of dollars of horseflesh bought by Baff...

Those are good points. Another reality is that this issue is so politicized in part because of there were genuine financial winners and losers. I'm not even talking about the breeding and racing programs that were upended when everything changed literally by a stroke of a pen but the $40 million it ...

He'll probably surpass Bernardini, since he appears to be even more popular. Currently there are 9 stallions by Tapit on the Blood-Horse Registry, 11 by Bernardini, and 10 by Medaglia D'Oro. so much for diversity :evil: It's the free market. This business is so risky that mare owners try to maximiz...

Looks like Cairo Prince is out: David Grening ‏@DRFGrening 2m Cairo Prince out of Derby with injury to left front ankle. Horse being sent to Rood and Riddle for further evaluation, per @KPMRacingStable Hi Cree, These trainers are getting like politicians...always telling 1/2 truths. There had to be...

Pretty soon there will be as many sons of Tapit out there as Bernardinis and they will be equally indistinguishable.

My last came yesterday. I have two boys by Include and Slew's Tiznow respectively.

This is his page: http://apps.keeneland.com/sales/Sep12/pdfs/1096.pdf Yeah a buyer who cares about inbreeding might notice but that is still a pretty fancy page. FWIW the buyers I know look at the individual first, develop a short list and use pedigree to exclude and not include. Its like vet report...

I saw him sell and I thought he was a magnificent looking horse. Shame that he didn't accomplish more.

Hi Sy, I guess there is very little to do about drugs not on the radar, other then constant backstretch investigation to find out when the existence of a new drug is known. That kind of news spreads like wildfire on the backstretch. Many track security investigators keep a few nefarious trainers (I...

We have been waiting for decades for promised reforms to materialize through self-regulation. The first Congressional hearings took place on this same topic in May of 1982. At that time industry representatives made the same promises to Congress and the American people. They assured us that change ...

So as the drugs get more sophisticated it is a cleaner environment? You can't have it both ways. The sport either has to be drug free during competition or you will have no way to ever police it. It was dirtier in the past in your opinion because all drugs were illegal?? Technology has simply creat...

The 1% that should be discussed is the fact that it won't harm the top of the game. Ascot, Saratoga, and signature races will continue to do well. The government will not have to get involved, because there will be nothing left to govern. Taxed it will be, but governed- no need. The putative fans a...

No kidding. This entire forum has been flooded with this. I wish people would discuss the races. This happens to every racing forum out there - which is why so many have closed down. Hi Sy, Yep, remember when this site was off line because of one poster who destroyed the forum. We lost some great a...

Cree wrote:No kidding. This entire forum has been flooded with this. I wish people would discuss the races.

This happens to every racing forum out there - which is why so many have closed down.

The Voice of Reason. Some of the pre Lasix things that were done to control bleeding were horrifying.