Spending time wisely

Understanding pedigrees, inbreeding, dosage, etc.

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Barcaldine
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Spending time wisely

Postby Barcaldine » Wed May 16, 2012 12:59 pm

I see that the previous thread has been viewed almost 400,000 times. Even at one minute per view that adds up to about 6,600 hours of essentially wasted time. Wow! I wonder how many of us, on our deathbeds, will wish we would have spent that precious time in some other way.

I spend far more time utilizing the actual Pedigree Query portion of this site than attending this forum. By studying PATTERNS first, names second, I've learned a lot more about successful breeding strategies than anything I've gleaned on this side of the website.

Pedigrees are the foundation of all things Thoroughbred. This is a gem of a free service and I encourage posters here to take advantage of it.




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Postby louis finochio » Wed May 16, 2012 6:51 pm

Before the computer age, i did all of my research from the JC Foal Book. I traced all the sire lines of the mares that those Great Breeders of the past bred to their stallions. I saw why those Great Breeders of the past bred sound superior runners.

In their times frame the breed was not 95% Ph. Those NP sire lines were alive & well, & those stallions that those mares were bred to, had a variety of those NP sire line to find their nicking factor. Thats why many stallions today cant find their bloodline affinity.

Time spent wisely, pays dividends.
Those without sin cast the first stone.
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Postby Tappiano » Wed May 16, 2012 7:44 pm

Hopefully you also cross reference some of those pedigrees you find on this site, lest you believe everything you see. How long has it been since Ruffian had her last foal? If you thought last year you'd be correct :shock: