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It is important to note that not all are full TBs, including the winner.Katewerk wrote:I was about to post this in the Racing section, but it really deserves to be here - how much do pedigrees of these horses diverge from leading lines in flat racing?
How useful might they be as crosses to improve soundness and stamina, or is that an experiment that's been tried and abandoned?
Thanks, that was my other question!luvthesales wrote:It is important to note that not all are full TBs, including the winner.
When you say he's not a full TB, what is the "bit" that's not TB?Katewerk wrote:Thanks, that was my other question!luvthesales wrote:It is important to note that not all are full TBs, including the winner.
It's Selle Francais. His sixth dam, Judelle II, was half-thoroughbred, according to the Sport Horse Show and Breed Database.Della wrote:When you say he's not a full TB, what is the "bit" that's not TB?Katewerk wrote:Thanks, that was my other question!luvthesales wrote:It is important to note that not all are full TBs, including the winner.
What's interesting is that Weatherby's in the UK has a 'non-thoroughbred register' and allows some of those horses into their thoroughbred stud. From their 'Conditions of Entry to General Stud Book':djnorth wrote:That's really interesting. No way the Jockey Club would allow slower-developing sound (eyeroll!) stock to pollute flat racers!
Section B: In addition, a foal may be promoted from the Non-Thoroughbred Register and registered in the Appendix to the General Stud Book when the following conditions are all satisfied:
1. It can be satisfactorily proven that the foal results from a minimum of eight recorded crosses consecutively with "Thoroughbreds" (as designated above) including the cross of which it is the progeny.
2. The foal can show such performances in races open to Thoroughbreds, in both the Thoroughbred and Non-Thoroughbred sections of its pedigree, as to warrant its assimilation with Thoroughbreds.
3. The promotion is approved by the unanimous agreement of the International Stud Book Committee.
djnorth wrote:That's really interesting. No way the Jockey Club would allow slower-developing sound (eyeroll!) stock to pollute flat racers!
Once a horse gets into the General Stud Book of the Jockey Club of Great Britain or France they are looked at the same as any other horse in the GSB, and they could certainly race in the US.djnorth wrote:That's really interesting. No way the Jockey Club would allow slower-developing sound (eyeroll!) stock to pollute flat racers!