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Originally Posted by freddymo

I think you are over thinking this.. Medical advances aren't bad nor should they be precluded from race horses.. If you have a horse that can only be outstanding because of medication and would otherwise be ordinary or not even a runner then breeding to him or her becomes a bit more dodgey. Breeding sound to sound has to be more beneficial long term then breeding unsound and fast to unsound and fast.

it's all BS anyway nobody is going to buy slow sound horses because they are sound and hence the likelyhood of the breed being rebuilt on this premise is retarded.

BTW nobody breeds 150 mares to a crappy stallion for to long..The only way they get 150 to 250 mares long term is by producing.. You think Fu Peg is going to keep getting 200 mares if he doesn't start to have results on the track that warrant such demand?

With due respect i think everyone else is overthinking it. They are basically saying that only the strong that survive should become breeding stock. My point is that why are technological advances either including or not including medication allowing the not so strong to survive ok? Isnt anything that allows horses to compete at a level that isnt "natural" what they are talking about?

And i understand that no one will breed to a crappy stallion forever but Fu Peg probably already has produced more foals than Northern Dancer.