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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
I'm more impressed with the conformation on a colt or filly myself. I wouldn't buy one with lousy conformation (I don't care what the pedigree says.) That's the problem though... people in the business care more about the "pedigree" and amount of black type than they do with the way the individual looks.
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That's exactly how Rex Elsworth started his breeding barn. He found mares with good conformation and didn't care what thier race record was. The same applied to his first stallons and he managed to produce Swaps and a few other good horses.
We might note that his Champions weren't much when they went to the breeding shed. They never really produced much, so I guess you do need some blue blood in there.