Racehorse Breeding TheoriesThe Russell Meerdink Company Ltd., 2004 - 325 pages "Here, in one volume, is a wide and varied assessment of the major breeding systems or theories, as well as the history and background of each. The writers give the reader all the necessary information they need to implement the theory and make it part of a breeding program. They also verify the relative scientific validity of the theories and various approaches to breeding" -- publisher website (April 2007). |
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... the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena? When so confounded by such mysteries, there is no one better to turn to than the great Albert Einstein, who ...
... the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena? When so confounded by such mysteries, there is no one better to turn to than the great Albert Einstein, who ...
Contents
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Federico Tesios work as a breeder and trainer | 75 |
Pedigrees and Statistics | 173 |
Birth Rank and Success | 187 |
A Pedigree Classification Technique | 191 |
Female Family Inbreeding | 237 |
The X Factor Theory | 251 |
Bruce Lowe and the Numerology of Pedigrees | 273 |
Quantification of Racing Performance in the Research of Harry Laughlin | 293 |
Evaluating Breeding Theories Looking for the Real Patterns Underpinning Tesios Greatness | 307 |
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A.P. Indy affinity American analysis ancestors average CD Bimelech biomechanics Blood-Horse bloodlines bloodstock BLUP Blushing Groom Bold Ruler bred breeders broodmare broodmare sire Buckpasser champion chefs-de-race classic winners colt cross daughters Derby winner distance Dosage figures dual qualifiers earnings Eclipse evaluating factors Fappiano female family inbreeding filly foals furlongs genes genetic Glencoe Grade Hail to Reason heart score horse’s horses inbred inbreeding individuals La Troienne large heart Laughlin Leger male line mares mating measure Nasrullah Native Dancer Nearco nick Nijinsky Nijinsky II Northern Dancer offspring pattern pedigree percent stakes winners performance Phalaris population prepotence Princequillo produced progeny Prospector racehorse racing ability racing capacity racing class runners Seattle Slew Secretariat sire and dam sire line sire’s speed stallions starters statistics Storm Cat stride success Table Teddy Tesio Thoroughbred traits Triple Crown Varola Vuillier War Admiral yearlings
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