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12-19-2007, 10:37 AM
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BBC: Study favors Racehorse Nurture over Nature
Here's a short article of interest in the Dec. 19th BBC online.
** Racehorse winning secret revealed ** The offspring of expensive stallions owe their success more to nurture than nature, a study suggests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7150251.stm 
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12-19-2007, 10:40 AM
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So they're saying better trainers get more winners......... wow
Do you think they have realised man has landed on the moon yet? 
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12-19-2007, 11:03 AM
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And explains more "25 point moveups" than drugs in racing do.
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12-19-2007, 11:37 AM
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An eternal ponderance in horse racing. How good is this young horse ? Personally, I recall a profound post by Round Pond, I believe. He's from Florida and he firmly believes turning a horse out as a weanling is decidedley in the best interest of the horse and his potential as a racer. I personally subscribe to that. My weanling is stabled and pastured to develop as a young horse should until he is a yearling. I am proud to afford him the opportunity to develop stress free in the rolling hills and expansive pastures of upstate NY.
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12-19-2007, 02:38 PM
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12-19-2007, 04:10 PM
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This study is a joke. To think that someone actually wasted money on this rubbish is scary. So if Pletcher took his horses and changed stables with a guy at River Downs he would be 90% as sucessful because of the care given and his jockeys.
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12-19-2007, 10:41 AM
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Was literally about to post a similar link.. Fascinating study out of University of Edinburgh...
From the Science Editor in the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...cihorse119.xml
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12-19-2007, 06:12 PM
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I have to dismiss this notion as well. I've always maintained that the mare has more to do with how well a prodgeny will turn out than the stallion anyway. If you've got a broodmare that was successful at the track, any serviceable stallion will produce results. Especially if the mare has a record of throwing winners.. Just depends on how much you are willing to spend, and of course how well said stallion nicks to your mare. Just because they used a minute sample of costly stallions over 85 years means bupkis.
But I applaude the effort -it was a great read....you have to love the command of the language that the Brits still have 
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