Recent events prompted a re-evaluation regarding ancestry types, particularly references as native or half-bred pedigrees which lacked formal lineage to entry of the Studbook.

It was by reading and uncovering layers with expertise in fellow US researcher **Kathleen Kirsan 2) geographic and 3) economic scholarly subjects which gave a much finer comprehension to the general accepted narrative regarding the thoroughbred racing horse.

Previously TBL Posts @ Thoroughbred Link are written to note or regard forgotten pedigree individuals and hopefully diversity of female-families to revive, regenerate, and continue. As the yearly foal numbers continuously drop this equates to a sire’s dam’s family which within the few generations are not replenished, and potential diversity falls away.

Whilst hypothetical, Haplotypes upon pedigrees has been useful to comprehend the phenotype. The antiquity Studbook makes smoke n’ mirrors. and yet there are certainly very important stallions we never entirely acknowledge to with their few mares of 3-4 descendants – those that pop up.

they were genetic freaks and no one really never KNEW

Some made it through, some didn’t, and some slipped in unnoticed…(thank goodness)

As breeding history comes…how obvious it reasons: the morphological capacity is true key to gravity light, weight and efficiency of energy. The very thing the RH went designed to, destined for and are superior for.

This was the essence: a morphological character to overall speed and stamina, electric turn of foot all competitively in-built. The records tell us more than pedigree.

Let’s do think, why did the New Zealand mare Horlicks race 17 wins from 1200m to 2400m and her distaff descendant Mr Quickie take out G1 wins from 1600m – 2400m. Is it today even achievable to breed or race like so?

And so it is to those half-bred which phenomenally did exist & still as its finding in no.2 world racehorse City of Troy (Justify) reaching the Australia/New Zealand colonial bred from the great Musket himself into US breeding lines.

Those ‘Musket’ days were all a breed to themselves remembering also he sired Carbine.

Foul Shot (NZ) –
ARC Welcome Stk, Northern Derby (NZ) (won in stakes-record time, then won 2 mile race same afternoon).

Foul Shot is 3rd dam sire of Double Jay (USA) broodmare sire of Nodouble (USA) – 4th dam sire to the dam of City of Troy.

Artillery (NZ) – 2nd dam sire On Watch (USA) broodmare sire Market Wise (USA), arriving to City of Troy’s 5th dam General Store.

Most colonial bred horses are @ Haplotype L4.

In City of Troy’s pedigree you will find another L4 in a mare called Coquelicot dam of Pavot which also runs to City of Troy’s distaff. Remember Coquelicot because she runs to River Lady dam of the sire in Riverman, as seen to sire Street Cry and others as he appears.

** Kathleen Kirsan https://www.sport-horse-breeder.com/

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