suppose that someone shows up at the top show of the event(s) of your choosing and brings a drop dead gorgeous, conformationally correct stud and kicks EVERYONE's @ss, when you look at the pedigree and he's "out of Texas by Truck" (ie a "nobody" pedigree-wise) how many will breed to him? How about 4 years later when his get are starting to kick butt too? How long does it take to accept this newcomer?


ie- TC you say if he looks stunning, but has no pedigree you won't use him....what if he "looks stunning, has no pedigree, but performs beyond expectations".... To me THAT's where the motivation for change must come from to get away from inbreeding/linebreeding popular bloodlines that dominate events.
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Now we are adding another eliment. lol
If a no name drop dead gorgeous horse came into the ring and absolutelly jerked everyones head off, he would certainly get my attention! However, the chances of a horse coming in out of the blue in todays world of super freaky athletes is pretty slim. lol. Yesteryears a man made horse could be respectable and place. Today, he not only has to have the benefit of a great trainer, but he has to be a natural to boot. So pedigree wise, I would venture to say there is more in there then meets the naked eye if it were to happen.
I would have my curiosity peeked thats for sure.He has at least proven he can DO something and do it extremily well. I would possibly use him, but he better have some incentives to get me to take a chance. Usually, pedigree does breed on. Freaks of nature rarely do. So my hopes for him to reproduce that phenominal performer wouldnt be extremily high. Plus in this instance, you would have to be breeding for yourself and not for a sales yearling.
IF he then proved to be a sire also 4 years later, then of course everyone would be on him. He had already proven to be a performer, and now he has proven to be a sire. I would venture to say, those great incentives helped a great deal in getting him some good mares. The better the mares anyone can run under a stallion, the better his chances are of proving himself as a sire.
You are exactly right, a top performer is where the motivation for change comes from, and I dont mean a performer at the lower rank's, nor a performer in a far off field.