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Re: [RC] 'pound dog' mentality for horses? - heidiIn the human world - none of it has to do with breeding or genes. In human running, the world record for the mile was about 4:40 100 years ago and today it is a minute faster. One hundred years ago the record for a TB in a mile was only a few seconds slower than today. Humans breed at random, horse are selectively bred for speed. Doesn't sound like the breeding program it's working very well, does it? Well, actually, it sounds like breeding worked very well--but that it has gotten to the extent of the capability of the being. Whereas in humans, where there IS no specific selection, there is still plenty of room for improvement... Cinderellas are made not born - they work to get where they are independent of the fact that they are not suppose to be able to do what they do. I'd wager that all of the successful athletes (or successes at much of anything else) had to work to get there. What makes Cinderella stories "news" is that no matter HOW hard you work, it is still much more rare to "get there" from a random background than it is from a known background. It is the rarity of anything that makes it news. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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