Yep you answered that yourself. No one knew how good a stud he was until his first foals raced. Up until then people only knew that he was a very good race horse.I wondered. That's a rather lengthy test, isn't it? :-)
No one has ever proven that heritability of running talent is anymore than a 50/50 proposition between the sire and dam. I do believe that for every trait one chromosome is given from both parents and some individuals are carrying two dominant genes in that DNA slot and therefore always put their "best foot forward", so to speak. Did that make any sense?Yes, it's close to what I would have said; however, wouldn't superior running talent, of the kind that wins races, actually be recessive rather than dominant?
Best wishes and God bless,
Lowell
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