reedhill wrote:Jorge wrote:Any idea on how to prospectively calculate the probabilities of achieving a mainstream competitive appaloosa Thoroughbred coming from a non-Thoroughbred lineage. Many thinking caps and opinions are needed here!
Please post your opinions.
Jorge, Please explain here. You are looking for a TB that looks Appalooosa, but not have any TB bloodlines?
Reedhill, I am trying to establish (if that is possible), if Angrovestud's sound strategy of inserting the Appaloosa pattern into the Thoroughbred breed can be achieved via a talented running product and not merely a product with both characteristics (Thoroughbred + Appaloosa).
In order to achieve this, I would like to explore how many prospective and successive generations of 100% percent Thoroughbred ancestors
are necessary to infuse before concluding: "okay, now this new product is competitive enough to run against any normal Thoroughbred and win (or lose) like any other normal Thoroughbred.
In other words, how much Thoroughbred blood is the minimal required for a Thoroughbred-Appaloosa cross to be really competitive so that one may assert: "okay, 7/8th of Thoroughbred blood (or any other cipher) is the rule of thumb for achieving a decent runner". I am aware we are dealing with an inexact science but we have to at least establish a head start. Not an easy task, I think.