Hard Spun & Belmont Distance

[Pedigree Ann]

Dosage is garbage. Garbage in, garbage out.

Check out Conduit Mare Profiles for these horses, which appear at the bottom of the pedigrees for subscribers at PedQuery. Curlin's has 9 presences on the speed wing, and 13 in the stamina wing. Hard Spun has 10 on the speed side and 13 on the stamina side.

Another thing to note is the GSV (Genetic Strength Value), developed by the man behind the matings that produced St. Jovite and Farda Amiga, etc. Curlin's is 69.80 and Hard Spun's is 79.96; the higher the number, the better quality the pedigree is for classic distances. (Teuflesberg, in contrast, has a GSV of 58.94).

If you have to have numbers rather than a reasoned analysis of the entire pedigree, I suggest both of these in concert as a replacement for the deeply flawed Roman Dosage numbers.