Whip and Win inbreeding

By Elaine Belval The thoroughbred breeding industry, throughout history, has had breeding sheds full of stallions that were brothers to successful stallions. But, for every high-quality set of sire brothers like His Majesty and Graustark or Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King, there were other unequal sets, such as Mr. Prospector and his mediocre brothers and Northern … Continue reading Whip and Win inbreeding

Blame Arch for success

By Elaine Belval Blame earned his first G1 victory in the Stephen Foster H. at Churchill Downs Saturday on the same day that Rachel Alexandra gained her first win of the year. Most of the attention was on the filly Horse of the Year, but Blame actually won the main event of the day. Owned … Continue reading Blame Arch for success