A reader's comment to a post last week ( Thoroughbred Pedigree Review of KEESEP Hip #4233 -- A Rasmussen Factor Case Study ) pointed out the significant mare inbreeding in a 1952 mare named Ellen's Best ( pedigree ) . Ellen's Best's fourth dam was Friar's Carse, who was also the dam of her sire War Relic...

The Keeneland November sale will have a close link to the tragic filly Eight Belles ( pedigree ) as her dam is being offered, carrying a full sibling to the runner-up in this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). ( Full story here .) Some numbers on this newsworthy Keeneland November...