Yes, I have wondered about that for a long time, too. In the 2003 BLOOD HORSE stallion directory a loose estimate on my part would be that 95% of the stallions...
I think the Highflyer line is pretty much extinct, or at least pretty much fallen by the wayside. Its last hurrah, so to speak, was in the form of Mioland,...
... No, it's not extinct, although some might say it's hanging by a thread. A helpful place to start looking for descendants might be at Heritage's page on the...
Hi jeanene Please look at Sandpit, he's from Hurry On line, I think there is a pretty big Hurry On Line-Family down in Brazil, another one I find from Hurry On...
... Oops, my mistake. Misread the question. Sorry. If you don't get a better answer from anybody else, Charles, please remind me later to look again. I did...
I am pretty sure that the Highflyer male line died out with Zvonkiy in Russia in the 1970s. And I imagine that Jim, the undoubted authority on this point,...
... Turk ... Buda ... mentioned, ... what ... in ... whose ... much ... stories of ... Byerley ... John ... it is ... known in ... One of the more interesting...
IV-3-2003 Dear Collaborators, I would like to know which avenues of search do exist for identifying the immediate pedigree of a mare that was once registered...
Greetings, Is there anyone out there who would like to correspond with regard to this area of interest ? Maybe you are in South Africa. I have considerable...
... Mackay-Smith's certainly is an interesting theory! Unfortunately, he died before his manuscript was ready for publication, and his editor(s) did not...
If you look at tbheritage's champion sires page of England, you will find: In the first 100 years recorded(1751-1851, 1808 is missing), you find the champion...
Hi Sandy and anyone else interested. Hi Sandy and any one else interested. I bought from Ickworth House about 4 years ago an extract of JH's long diary. In it...
... In a word, Penelope. :-) I used to think that the perpetuation of a male line was due to the quality and prepotency of the sire himself, but I now believe...
... Sandy, you make a very good point here, but this almost suggests that one can predict which male lines will succeed and which will fail. In the end, it...
... I was about to say that "my crystal ball is broken" when I remembered that, WAY back when, I actually did make one successful prediction. At the time, I...
Books for Sale. Please email chiconahorse@... if you are interested in these books. Album of Horses: by Marguerite Henry How did the Morgan horse get...
Looking for something else, which so often leads to delightful discoveries, I found the following on a site called "Extinct Racecourses". (I suspect that the...
Hi I'd be happy to read any info provided herein about the argentine triple crown winner SILFO 1931- and Venus the daughter of Sir Hercules of 1840 Venus had...
Oh, he was. We've been working on the Godolphin Arabian sire line and portraits for the next Heritage update, and I've got an image that shows him, liberally...
Hi. I recently stopped taking a UK magazine because it reduced its horse coverage in order to give more space to (human) society. Now I need a source of US...
I thought this might be an apt time to look over some of the players in this years Kentucky Derby & Oaks dramas- As this weekend finds a number of fixtures...
... Hi, Julie, The "handicapper's bible," aka Daily Racing Form, is online at http://www.drf2000.com/ DRF has lots of stories every day by some talented...
Western Saddle for Sale. 15'', extremely confortable. Stirrup is missing on one side, where the stirrup part broke off, please email for other pictures if...
IV-10-2003 Does anyone with more direct access to Ireland's www.turfclub.ie> site can assist me? I would like to retransmit the following query to a...
I am the listowner of the Thoroughbred Heritage list. This is a discussion group and while I'll tolerate the occasional advert for books or something useful to...
