Author Archives: ddink55

“A half century later, the Blood-Horse polled several experts to determine the best 100 horses of the 20th Century. One voter placed Secretariat 13th. You realize what this moron was saying: if a typical race were held between his first … Continue reading →

Charles Hatton on 1952 Horse of the Year and champion three-year-old One Count from the 1953 American Racing Manual. —————————————————————————————– The highest honor to which American Thoroughbreds may aspire is that of being acclaimed the Horse of the Year. It … Continue reading →

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl reciprocates. Boy and girl have sex. Boy is enthralled. Best sex of his entire life. Boy even starts to think about the “M” word. Girl changes mind. Boy is despondent. … Continue reading →

“Orb and Revolutionary have something else in common. Something about their pedigrees that the other 17 starters yesterday did NOT have. It is pretty obscure. Anyone care to take a guess??????” The above is from my last post, but there … Continue reading →

I have a few other pedigree thoughts about yesterday’s Kentucky Derby. The first involves Overanalyze (Dixie Union out of Unacloud, by Unaccounted For). Overanalyze is 5x5x5 to Gold Digger and hence a poster boy for the Rasmussen Factor. Since I … Continue reading →

Comment: “Mr. Prospector and Storm Cat bloodlines are my favorite whenever I’m doing my pedigree analysis. We will surely missed Storm Cat. May he rest in peace.” My reply: “Agreed. And now that he is dead, his male line will … Continue reading →

Charles Hatton on 1954 champion three-year-old filly and champion handicap mare Parlo from the 1955 American Racing Manual. —————————————————————————————— Breeders always have esteemed Oaks winners highly for their intrinsic value as producers. To be sure, a mare does not necessarily … Continue reading →

“Selene was 23 years old at the time of her death. She had produced fourteen foals, ten winners, six stakes winners, including the great champion Hyperion. She had seven male foals, six of which became successful sires, four of those … Continue reading →

A few months ago I posted on reines-de-course (hereafter to be referred to as RDCs), the female equivalent of chefs-de-race among sires. In that post I concentrated on inbreeding (Rasmussen Factor) to RDCs versus inbreeding to non-RDCs.  Somewhat surprisingly, the … Continue reading →

I thought it might be interesting to compare the presences of Secretariat among sales foals of 2003-2007 by dividing them into two groups: Secretariat duplicated between sire and dam (inbred) and Secretariat not duplicated between sire and dam (not duplicated). … Continue reading →