The combination of bloodlines through a thoroughbred pedigree is what drives so much engagement and interest in sale rings and racetracks around the world.
At its most simplistic level, it’s the combination of sire and dam, but pedigree analysis stretches back countless generations, through both sides of the family, looking for patterns that may explain past success and predict the stars of the future.
The concept of a nick, the sire and the broodmare sire, has been one of the most fundamental statistical comparisons, and in global breeding and racing there are a few that have stood the test of time.
The most successful of the 21st century has been Galileo with Danehill mares with an extraordinary 60 stakes winners, while there were 25 of his stakes-winning progeny out of Danehill Dancer mares and 22 out of mares by Darshaan.
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