Thoroughbreds May Be as Fast as They'll Ever Be
This week, two top contenders for the Derby, Quality Road and Square Eddie, were forced out of the race due to hoof and shin injuries.
Critics claim selective breeding may be producing an unstable horse anatomy that is prone to injury. Yet, a recent study claims that it all may be for naught, as thoroughbreds may have already reached their theoretical upper limits of speed.
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One reason for the limit may be the gene pool. Today's thoroughbreds descend from a lineage of only 12-29 ancestors, with 95 percent of today's thoroughbreds tracing their paternal roots to a single stallion, The Darley Arabian.
Denny suggests that breeding from outside this line might produce the potential for improvement.
Clearly Nature has made a mistake. Nature has produced defective horses. Let us fix her mistakes. Let us race genetically engineered, superior, perfect horses. Let us create a master race ... of horses.