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Why Phalaris? What made him so special? Much deserves to be bestowed upon of the speed laden mega stirp of Phalaris (1913) that developed a truly overwhelming dominance over all other male lines, leading to a collectively slow but steady diminution in their numbers.
Simultaneously, Phalaris’ share of the sire line spectrum grew in exponential fashion as success begat success. For the last one hundred years, all competing sire lines have seen their figures markedly regress, ultimately to extinction in most cases. In this perpetual ‘survival of the fittest’ environment, no other male line has been able to transmit the overall brilliance and classicity of Phalaris whose tail male line now finds itself encompassing over 95% of the world’s population of thoroughbreds. A bay foal of 1913, Phalaris was described… November/December 2024
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The Game Changers: Our sport’s legacy of inheritance as documented by all of the world’s libraries of revered stud records is being challenged by an awesome new world of technology.
Perhaps it’s time for someone to just come out and say it. Modern thoroughbred pedigrees, more commonly than not, have become ‘less interesting’ over time as runners across the globe continue to become more and more alike. Don’t blame the female families. The good ones are plentiful and as diverse as ever. But what of the constant decimation su!ered by the once broad spectrum of sire lines?
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Rothstein’s Shady Racing Interests: TT: October 6, 2007
A prominence long obscure: TT: December 2, 2006
The Rise and Fall of the Ben Brush line: TT: September 2, 2006
The Rise and Fall of Lexington’s Sire Line: TT: June 3, 2006
The Olympic Style of Fred Hooper: TT: March 3, 2006
The Name Game: American Turf Monthly: September 2003
What does it take to be Great?: TT: May 3, 2003
Drawing the Lines: TT: June 3, 2000
The Fappiano Sireline: The Australian Bloodhorse Review: October, 1998
How Sirelines Often Survive: The Australian Blood Horse Review – May, 1998
The Uncertainty Principle: American Turf Monthly, October, 1994
Bluebloods
2024 July/Aug through 2025 Jan/Feb (Leon’s 1993 four part speech in Australia)
2024 May/June (My introduction to Leon’s landmark speech)
2023 Sep/Oct RF Reflections by Andrew Reichard
2023 Sept/Oct Dams Getting Duplicated
2023 July/Aug The Game Changers
2023 Jan/Feb Inbreeding to Rolls
2022 July/Aug Not-So-Incidental Perk
2022 May/June The World’s Greatest Bloodstock Agent William Allison
2021 Nov/Dec Mistaken Identity
2021 July/Aug Herod’s Vanishing Sire Line
2021 Mar/Apr Big Red Revisited
2020 Sept/Oct Inbreeding to Narrate
2020 July/Aug Dynasty of Domino
2020 May/June Inbreeding to Helen Street
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