Reply #60: I see a big problem here, guys [View All]

[jmowreader]

I've got Eight Belles' bloodline on my screen right now. Her sire is Unbridled's Song, and her dam is Away.

Pedigree of Unbridled's Song:
Unbridled's Song = Unbridled (Fappiano x Gana Facil) x Trolley Song (Caro x Lucky Spell)

Fappiano = Mr. Prospector x Killaloe
Gana Facil = Le Fabuleux x Charedi

Caro = Fortino II x Chambord
Lucky Spell = Lucky Mel x Incantation


Pedigree of Away:
Away = Dixieland Band (Northern Dancer x Mississippi Mud) x Be a Prospector (Mr. Prospector x Belonging)

Northern Dancer = Nearctic x Natalma
Mississippi Mud = Delta Judge x Sand Buggy

Mr. Prospector = Raise a Native x Gold Digger
Belonging = Exclusive Native x Straight Deal

I know that in the world of pedigree breeding, a line will show the same names over and over again...note that Mr. Prospector (who shows up in both Unbridled's Song and Away's bloodlines) begat Be a Prospector...and Be a Prospector had a horse with "Native" in its name on both sides, so there's probably the same horse on both sides of Be a Prospector's bloodline.

From what I can gather, Raise a Native was euthanized for spinal degeneration, Northern Dancer had fucked-up legs, and probably every other champeen thoroughbred had something wrong with it...but they run like hell, so they stand the horse at stud for $150,000 and produce long lines of bad horses.