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Rob Whiteley fails to point out that those stallions of yesteryear were imported to sire horses for a kind of racing which has all but disappeared in this country. Importing European sires right now would just be putting the horse before the cart. First American racing needs to be restored and again made comparable to the sport as practiced in the the rest of the world.
Elizabeth Blythe, who designed mare matings for the late Allen Paulson, correctly observes in a follow-up post in today TDN:
"So many great American races that were patterned on the European classics and shaped the domestic Thoroughbred into the envy of the world not so long ago, have been reduced in distance to such an extent they are irrelevant as a test of future breeding stock, especially pertaining to classic races here and
abroad."
"I would love to see the importation of world-class sires again, but until we get over the obsession with looks and expecting horses built like sprinters to run 10 furlongs, it probably would be futile, especially with so few races beyond 8.5 furlongs at most American tracks."
Elizabeth Blythe, who designed mare matings for the late Allen Paulson, correctly observes in a follow-up post in today TDN:
"So many great American races that were patterned on the European classics and shaped the domestic Thoroughbred into the envy of the world not so long ago, have been reduced in distance to such an extent they are irrelevant as a test of future breeding stock, especially pertaining to classic races here and
abroad."
"I would love to see the importation of world-class sires again, but until we get over the obsession with looks and expecting horses built like sprinters to run 10 furlongs, it probably would be futile, especially with so few races beyond 8.5 furlongs at most American tracks."
"He is pure air and fire and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him; he is indeed a horse ..." Wm. Shakespeare - Henry V