Re: RC: endurance prospect

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/4/00 12:47:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, CMKSAGEHIL 
writes:

<< ut without the genetic POTENTIAL, none of the other stuff makes a 
difference.  Very few horses or people realize their full genetic 
potential--and the proper application of conditioning, nutrition, etc. is a 
striving toward that potential.  But without the potential to begin with, you 
are dead in the water.
 
 Heidi >>


Well, the joke is that nobody has the foggiest idea what inbred athleic 
potential consists of in the performance horse. Breeders can say they do, but 
no breeder I ever met knew much about the actual science of genetics, much 
less about the physiological factors that lead to athletic prowess. If 
"heart" is your bottom line, then you're talking mythology, not science. 

ti