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MisterB 02-12-2007 03:15 PM

Is conformation more important than pedigree
 
I say it's all about confirmation

Danzig 02-12-2007 03:19 PM

conformation in some degree is overrated....there is no perfect horse out there, altho some come closer than others. even buzz chace says he doesn't pay a whole lot of attention as all horses have issues of one kind or another. sunday silence didn't have much of either--funny tho, no one told him!


i guess it all comes down to the breeding to race or breeding to sell question. or buying to breed/race. i think more buyers will overlook bad conformation than bad or over breeding.

Honu 02-12-2007 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterB
I say it's all about confirmation


I think it depends , Ive seen crooked legged horses who you never thought were going to make a race turn out to be super stars and I have seen some royaly bred horses that couldnt run a lick . I cant tell you how many A.P Indys out of blue blood stakes winning mares I have seen come thru the barn that werent fast enough to scatter their own poop. I have seen alot of Storm Cats come in and never make a race , then I have seen horses like HalfBridled who was out of a very average mare be a freak at 2 . Breeding is alot of luck , you can breed correct sound horses to correct sound mares and get a crooked legged thing that cant walk , you can breed a crooked legged horse to a crooked legged mare and get a perfect individual. Its luck of the draw in my humble opinion.

Sightseek 02-12-2007 03:32 PM

You can't really answer this question until you know what and whom you are buying a horse for.

The mind and heart is what really makes the racehorse so if you can see something in the horse's behavior that says he is a 'serious' animal than a lot of things you are willing to forgive if you want to race him for your own stable. There are a lots of good looking and/or well bred horses out there so a smart advisor is probably THE most important.

Cannon Shell 02-12-2007 03:42 PM

depends on the pedigree and depends on the conformation

SteelKrtan 02-12-2007 03:56 PM

Abit of both for me, I like a free flowing stride & a forward yearlings but as i mainly deal with fillies & mares i like to see lots of black type & bred to
black type stallions it helps moving them on later plus my moto is & excuse the french ( yes i know theres a few exceptions ).
If you start with Crap & bred it to Crap dont be surprised when you get ****:D

paisjpq 02-12-2007 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Magic_Idol
Abit of both for me, I like a free flowing stride & a forward yearlings but as i mainly deal with fillies & mares i like to see lots of black type & bred to
black type stallions it helps moving them on later plus my moto is & excuse the french ( yes i know theres a few exceptions ).
If you start with Crap & bred it to Crap dont be surprised when you get ****:D

AMEN...

sumitas 02-12-2007 06:25 PM

any horse with good conformation deserves consideration. and pedigree is so much more than one generation. one needs to look at the entire pedigree.

disappearingdan_akaplaya 02-12-2007 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterB
I say it's all about confirmation

hmmmmmmmmm very interesting name

Scav 02-12-2007 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya
hmmmmmmmmm very interesting name

EXTREMELY interesting name. Could the orginial have made his way over? i only got the tail end of man over at ESPN....

disappearingdan_akaplaya 02-12-2007 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav
EXTREMELY interesting name. Could the orginial have made his way over? i only got the tail end of man over at ESPN....

lol the location is even more interesting


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