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Originally Posted by pgardn
And Mr. Cunningham I would be more than happy to share with you what I know about genetics so you to could see the incredible random nature of predicting something as difficult as running. Honestly, Breeders appear to me to be trying to please a destructive "give it to me now" market force rather than producing horses that will actually run and not break down. Somebody is gonna eventually break lose from this practice and produce some gems that might stick around. Not precocious pieces of glass.
Coat color, coat coarsness, etc... some well known obvious physical traits are a piece of cake to try and predict compared to running. And some obvious physical traits are very difficult to reproduce. And there are very clear reasons for this. We know enough about genetics to know how difficult it is. This is not Punnett square genetics that people played with in Middle School.
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I would love to learn about that and I can't wait until someone breeds a horse that doesn't break down...
That's why I like Mr. Livingston so much (by El Prado.) He ran sound until he was 7 AND he's a stallion... can't really beat that.