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By Sid Fernando Just for the heck of it, I spent a portion of yesterday examining the pedigrees of the last 100 Epsom Derby winners. I wanted to tabulate the number of winners of the race that were inbred within five generations to a sire in tail-male descent by the sire line of the broodmare—exactly … Continue reading 100 years of Epsom Derby data
By Sid Fernando Inbreeding is a viable part of thoroughbred breeding that has been practiced from the earliest days of the breed’s inception (when it was unavoidable) to the present day, where the duplication of ancestors is mostly unavoidable beyond 5-generations and frequently planned within and beyond 5 generations. Within the parameters of 5-generations, a … Continue reading 100 years of Derby data: inbreeding sire line x broodmare sire line
By Sid Fernando You know how dominant a sire line is when even the lesser members of the line, along with the well-raced representatives, come up with high-class racehorses, and that’s been the story of the 2010 classic-prep season for several sons and grandsons of sire of sires Storm Cat of various racing class. Eskendereya, … Continue reading Storm Cat influence on classic preps
By Sid Fernando The Adena Springs stallion Awesome Again stood for $125,000 in 2009, but he stands for $50,000 in 2010, a 60 percent decrease in fee from a year ago. On Saturday, March 6, at Aqueduct his 3yo son Awesome Act won the G3, $250,000 Gotham Stakes with an impressive move to become — … Continue reading Awesome Act spotlights Awesome sire and dam
By Sid Fernando Ben P. Walden Jr. does things on a smaller scale now. Once the master of Vinery during its stallion station heydays in the 1990s, and partner in Hurricane Hall from 2006 to mid-2009, Ben now runs the boutique-ish Pauls Mill on 265 acres in Versailles, Ky. Pauls Mill is home to three … Continue reading Will Artie Schiller continue El Prado legacy?