Re: RC: x-factor/heart scores

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/5/00 8:10:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com writes:

<< Actually, in the case of x-factor heart scores, it is BECAUSE of pedigree 
 that they have no engine--the problem is that one has to look at pedigree in 
 terms of what traits are in there, not in terms of what happened to have 
been 
 made a famous name by hype and advertising.
 
 Heidi
  >>

Nawp. All comes down to the individual. Soothsayers can always find a reason 
why a superior individual fits into their profile after the fact. I'd rather 
not know the pedigreee of any horse in training--just his barn name and all 
the physiological parameters I can possibly measure. If I am going to have 
prejudices for or against a horse starting training, then they should at 
least be based on hard numbers, not some form of religion.

ti