Noticed that the SW/foals % for this group as a whole is fairly high-and isn't much off that attained by elite sires of yesteryear. But a similar comparison of the former and latter using AEIs wo...
Very nice study...For openers, it's interesting to note that G-III SW mares outproduced both G-I and G-II SW mares; and that SW mares outproduced G-II SW mares for crops 1-V. For 3rd crop alone y...
Pedigree Ann: And they're not "abused" thereafter?
I agree with AnneM. These young horses are being abused to make more money for the consigners (many of whom are pinhookers, not breeders, so its future racing career is not as critical to them) a...
I thinks that these breeze shows should be done away with. Too fast for too short a distance doesn't measure anything - and can cause permanent injury to the young 2 year olds
It would be interesting to see a follow-up article in a couple of years with updates about how the horses mentioned here do on the track.
GREAT RESEARCH
So much for gallop-out, and way of going; speed, measured by time, seems to win the day. Not a good situation, and difficult to change.
none none: Disagree with your points, as I feel the graphs are rather pristine in conveying the most relevant data. No bar graph can account for all variables, particularly in a business such a...
Nice article. In order to show a more accurate picture, the number of horses who went through the ring vs. number of unraced, runners, SW, etc. should be shown. KEESEP sales alone probably offe...
Nicely colored graphs but the data really doesn't support any significant conclusions. This is like making an assessment of the value of a company based on the performance of the financial sector...
For me, the most eye-opening piece of information is found in the first table- Notice the % of unraced horses found in the "All" category, as it compared with the other listed (gross $3M +) sales...
High Echelon ran in deep mud, the kind we don't get anymore with tracks being sealed at the first raindrop. Secretariat's record was helped by the fact that Belmont was quite fast that year - sev...
Racing media sales headlines --- Four tie for fastest furlong at Saturday’s OBS June breeze show Eight turn in fastest furlong during Thursday’s OBS June breeze show Benny the Bull Colt...
Brontexx: The thoroughbred is a BREED among the species which we label as horse (not the scientific term). It is a breed because it was created by human selection. It did not evolve through "na...
The theory that Darwin created which for laymen can be described as survival of the fittest has not proven true for the American Thoroughbred of the last generation.There is no need to elaborate ...
UncleStosh: Some of your comments caused me to reflect, but, first off, when I said "...know how to train accordingly" referred only to his referenced implication that trainers train all horses...
I think you'll find that comparing times between Epsom Derbys from different years is interesting without being useful. Others have mentioned ground conditions - Teenoso won in a bog and Workforc...
sceptre- your wrong about training methods. The way horses are trained to run 10-12f is counter to everything known to sports science which is a pretty sophisticated science at this point in time...
Lammtarra's Arc: Byron's piece, nor his method of presentation (The Belmont and the Epsom Derby) isn't at all "laughable". What's laughable to me is your tagging it as laughable. You obviously ...
The fact that ONE horse ran a sub 2:30 on a fast course in 4-5 years should worry you. Not to mention the removal of the Breeders Cup Marathon, and the shortening of all the historical Handicap r...
Year round racing should be #1 on the "cause" list....as well as a 'cause' for MANY of the other 'causes'....as it could very well be to blame for the change in training styles, the preponderance...
If US bred horses were so inferior, then why do Euro buyers keep showing up here and paying big bucks for our best stock? Take them to Europe and race. A few come back here (Giants Causeway, ...
That last paragraph is right on the money. Even those with only a vague concept of statistical analysis understand that nothing meaningful can be extracted from a data pool as small as 50 events....
This article should be thrown out. The fact you are even trying to look and compare times is borderline laughable. 12f of undulations, vs 12f flat fast oval.. time gaps whether they're growing or...