Mr. Prospector and the Genetic Strength Variable [GSV]

[George William Smith]

Found out that the GSV score can also tell you when a stallion has been moved from one state to another by seeing the Genetic Strength differences it his book

Can you determine the first year Mr. Prospector stood at stud in Kentucky, having moved there from Florida from the following data?

Can you determine what year(s) he had the best book(s)?
1976 average GSV of 71.45
1977: 71.54
1978: 73.04
1979: 72.45
1980: 72.18
1981: 72.92
1982: 74.49
1983: 74.50
1984: 73.59
1985: 73.52
1986: 74.10
1987: 74.47
1988: 74.00
1989: 72.84
1990: 75.08
1991: 74.14
1992: 74.50
1993: 74.87
1994: 75.12
1995: 74.86
1996: 74.43
1997: 75.47
1998: 74.04
1999: 73.57
2000: 73.28

[louis finochio]

Looks like 1982 on as his book of KY mares elevated his GVS figures. How do you figure the GSV, to arrive at those numbers?

[George William Smith]

I have a Tutorial page at:
<http://www.members.shaw.ca/angoss1/graspalphabetical.html>

and my home page is:
<http://www.members.shaw.ca/thematchmaker>

[Bill from WA]

Hi George

What great information. Thanks for sharing. I know how many painstaking hours of research you have put into this work, and the results are proof that hard work, well directed, bears fruit. You are to be commended.

Bill

[George William Smith]

Whoops posted this as a new thread so only mindreaders or smart people would know I was specifically talking about Bill and his reply to my thread on 1094 foals of Mr. Prospector.

I'm blushing because we are too peas in a pod. I admire your research because you could have sat back on your butt and still been highly esteemed but you took it to another level on faith and excellence.

This list and myself cannot thank you enough for your leadership. I'm often not here, doing paid research, but when I'm back I constantly learn new things.

The moment we think too much of ourself, we're toast.

Warmest Regards, George

[marknickolas]

George -- How can one separate the GSV values for any one particular stallion by different year, as you have done?

Mark

[George William Smith]

I have access to a private databank that has 1094 progeny of Mr. Prospector in exchange for GRASP and GSV information. It is then only a matter of extracting out all the Mr. Prospectors, key field them for year of birth and calculate their GSV's and average by foal crop. I did the same with Danehill's and Sadler's Wells to establish GSV correlation with Racing performance [but not by crop year] and was very happy. Wanted to see if it worked with a mostly pure U.S. stallion as I still can't believe I'm capable of producing that can actually measure Genetic Strength. Have to pinch myself, but then when one realizes that I've been at it since the early 70's it's more like even a blind squirrel finds an occasional nut.

Best, George