Quote Originally Posted by Texas View Post
Yes, we all have our theories, some correct others not.....Guess we will never know 100%....ONE FACT was mentioned, that of Maori Miss being A STAR Broodmare, dual gaits, so, FACT IS She could probably leave any quality from ANY Studhorse....
All the Earlier Trotting Champs say pre 2000, seemed to be by Pacing Stallions, e.g. Scotch Notch and True Roman, later on La Coocheracha, Noopy, and so on...
Alternatively, GREAT PACERS have come from Trotting/bred Broodmares, French Chef and such.....after all said and done, all the blood is related, back ONLY a "few" years ago, evolutionary wise!....Peter the Great to Peter's Volo, Scott, The Brewer etc. were NOT that long ago!...in real terms.....
(Granted in latter/recent years, with stallions going to stud as 3 and 4yo's, there appears 'a lot of generations' within the pedigree, to get back to them, but speaking in time, ONLY 100 years, not even that long.
'Freaks', 'Throw-backs', and "Sports" are all 'normal' in breeding, and then, the "Mutations" and/or "Game-changers" come along....How do WE explain these? Or should WE even Try?
What Purpose does it really serve to "analyse the Hair off the Superstar", it is NOT as though we can reproduce it....whether it be Adios, Cam, Nukes, Lazarus, C.C. or whomever....That is the "Breeding/thinking backwards" mentality.....
Must try to BREED FORWARD....aka, The "Where to from Now!?" Method....
That is to Say, Forward, From Blacks a Fake, Laz, Quinn, Treacherous, Bettor's etc.....using THE GREAT FILLIES and MARES, not the average ones, of any sex...…….
Time and Breed must move forward!
But some of us love history and want to know the family tree of stallions, not even necessarily for breeding, people want to know if Lazarus is a son of Bettor's and that Bettor's is a son of Cam's .....
And some of us would like to know if Maori's is an Ike or a Bank

It may be impossible to find out but all the claims that ancestry ads make suggest that we may be able to calculate the probability
No doubt having spent some time as a librarian makes me one of those who likes records to be correct
It is one of those mysteries that I would love to have solved but I understand that not everybody cares

As far as breeding goes it is not entirlely about the performance of an entire and forget everything else. Not saying they are not worth a gamble but you want to pay the appropriate stud fee for a yet unproven stallion if he does not come from a strong sire line and an accurate stud book/classicfamilies is the source of such information