The
Bedouins supposedly were extremely concerned about the tail mare.= This is a good reason.I often tell people that 73.2% (or 78.1% or
some = other odd number over 50%) of a horse comes from the mare line.The = reason is that in American practice we
often emphasize the Stallion when = the mare is actually more important.
The
Mitochondria, that are the energy factories in the cells, are almost =
exclusively from thetail mare.
There
are also other things that go through daughters, not sons.= Scientific American had an article a few
years ago "When greatness skips = a generation" that followed this in
TB's.It was brought up because = Secretariat
was such a disappointing sire of fast horses.I have = noticed that he is starting to show up in fast TB pedigrees,
but haven't = looked to see if it his daughters that are responsible like was =
predicted in the article.
