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no catching this gal – Idiomatic – (Curlin – Lockdown (USA) from First Defence (USA) https://www.pedigreequery.com/idiomatic2

In days before the ‘official’ studbook & official thoroughbred racing, went fiercely competitive ‘match’ running heats. These races had horses competing multiple times a day and for top performers more matches, as they were required to maintain performance to determine a winner. Ultimately it became, nation versus nation.

These races validated their esteemed breeders, gentlemen of the turf(s) reflecting their ownership colours representative of their homebred sire and mare lineage. Training methods where adapted and refined to take a competitive advantage.

Gladiateur 1862 shocked the English to ‘up their game’ (in breeding winners) as did so equally the American bred.

The French bred Gladiateur – English Triple Crown winner 1865

The finest strains are represented in Curlin – Grandmaster (GB) by Gladiateur (FR) 4th dam of Double Jay (USA) sire of Jota Jota & Curlin’s 5th dam. Again @ Curlin, Double Jay is the broodmare sire of Nodouble (USA) – 6sx6d. The Australian stayer influences (of old) arrives in Foulshot NZ (Musket), Darebin (Aus) placed to Double Jay’s 5th dam distaff. Double Jay was a Champion 2 year old colt & 4x leading US broodmare sire.

near enough to being a perfect specimen, Traducer was the most successful of New Zealand thoroughbred sires until the advent of Musket. Traducer is the broodmare sire of Darebin (Aus) 5th dam sire of Double Jay. (note, Darebin (Aus) is also broodmare sire of Commando (USA), family A15. (credit reference Proud Silk, New Zealand Racing History – M. Redwood)

As examining racing horse development, the question arises, what improved? Fortunately, old timer bloodstock writers provided wholesome details and today the science – https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/evolution-driving-improvements-in-racehorse-speed-study-shows/#:~:text=Over%20sprint%2C%20middle%2Ddistance%20and,middle%20and%20long%20distances%20respectively.

Even so, let’s say speed is massively backed up with the natural stamina pedigree yet unfortunately somewhere a context to stamina has somehow slowly perceived slow development, when supremacy are the fuel-efficient alleles.

Whilst athleticism Genetics has filled the gap – a fundamental morphological capacity appraises racehorse ‘character’ and Function. Analysis still in strains/traits seeking speed determinant and stamina determinant cross. Performance follows.

In pursuit of more speed, better explosive speed, & over our time a softening in race distance to integrate the fast punter experience (money earns stakes) has eventually yielded a racing product of lesser distant capability.

This MSTN variant has been associated with sprinting ability and with precocity29,30,31. Therefore, this result may be the consequence of selection during the last 5 generations for horses that are sprinters rather than stayers. These observations, however, require re-evaluation in a truly random sample of the population. Credit reference https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-73645-9 North American thoroughbreds spanning 5 generations.

Yet cleverly, speed and stamina distance, these two very formative or inexact factors shall so remain and for what makes classic runners genuine.

To Idiomatic: enter the Chestnut and classic sire Curlin. https://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin#curlin/conformation

Broodmare Sire – First Defence (USA) a top class sprinter

Influence of mare lines @ Idiomatic’s dam Lockdown – a full sister Close Hatches, 2014 Eclipse champion older female & dam of sire Tacitus (Tapit) https://paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/bloodlines-lockdowns-future-appears-wide-open

The defective historical records at pedigree are to figure well the US mercurial speed foundations that gave a lightning phenotype – Mr Busher (recognising his full sister Racing Hall of Fame, Busher) that started this, of His, spectacular male family 8-f dynasty. His line in daughter Stolen Hour, her daughter Best in Show (the distaff of Idiomatic) as same El Gran Senor (Northern Dancer) 2nd dam sire of Idiomatic’s broodmare sire First Defence (USA).

(Mr Busher below: & Australia/NZ note, what is responsible to the male line Written Tycoon (AUS))

credit photo – sportshorsedata.com/California Thoroughbred cover
  1. Stamina and 2. Speed / Stamina and Speed gets bred-cross

phenotype – the ancestry Janus.

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full circle

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Janus most influential offspring does not appear in the GSB, a colt who ran under the name of Stiff Dick and/or Little Janus and was exported to the U.S., there racing and standing under the name Janus. Credit Reference – https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/janus

the US sprinting breed came from Janus an electrifying type. Note, the picture @ phenotype worth a thousand words. (photo credit Thoroughbred Style, Lambton/Offen)

@The Thoroughbred Link – Jane Bielski (researcher)