re: Enhancing the More Than Ready/Danehill Nick

Ian Tapp — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:32:36 GMT

sceptre, I had edited that sentence very slightly but hopefully didn't take away from Byron's intended meaning. His point is that for the next great sire to emerge, he must do it by working with the daughters of the successful sires that came before him. You are right--certainly there's a difference between just having success with top mares because they are top mares vs. having more success with these mares than they have with all other sires (that's the whole idea behind TrueNicks).

re: Enhancing the More Than Ready/Danehill Nick

sceptre — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:14:43 GMT

Hi Byron,

Your first paragraph makes use of an interesting phrase-"...establishes himself..." Do you mean, only, access to? Should the answer be "yes", then your opening remarks may have ambiguous meaning for some. While some may misinterpret your message, I'm not so sure that their misinterpretation isn't a valid point. Daughters of top sires from earlier generations often appear to "nick" well with top sires of the next era. All else equal, the rationale for this is not the same as that for a true "nick". But, the more that it (daughters of top sires from one era with top sires of the next) is observed to be successful, the more that the concept (theory) of true nicking is weakened.