Re: endurance prospect

["Whitney Bass" <bass@bigsky.net>]

OF COURSE you can eliminate a lot of horses that MOST LIKELY will not win
the Kentucky Derby -- only one is allowed to be the winner, so that leaves
a lot that you can probably safely eliminate.  As for basing the
elimination on pedigree -- I doubt it. You never know. . .
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> From: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com
> To: Tivers@aol.com; ribbitttreefrog@yahoo.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:    endurance prospect
> Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 3:49 PM
> 
> In a message dated 2/4/00 2:29:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, Tivers
writes:
> 
> << As in the Thoroughbred industry, once a horse has won the Kentucky
Derby, 
> there are never any surprises in his pedigree. What would be a major
surprise 
> is for someone to pick the next Derby winner via pedigree. Not a chance. 
>>
> 
> While you can't pick the next Derby winner with certainty, you can
certainly 
> eliminate a lot that WON'T win the Derby based on pedigree.  If one looks
at  
> winners of all races of that calibre over time, certain family lines DO
crop 
> up.  And without some innate talent, not even DeWayne Lucas and Mr.
Ivers' 
> Wonder Concoctions will make a Derby winner, sorry...
> 
> Heidi
> 
> 
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