Most observers would agree that we probably don't need to go back to the days when a first-year stallion who looked likely to produce flashy juveniles might serve 200 or more mares at the expense of good but not particularly fashionable sires. But the current contraction has its drawbacks, too....

While the English Thoroughbred was once the world standard, and the goal of every breeder to replicate, it is now a distinctly different type than what we're producing in America....