• Bloodline review: why this season's stayers are misleading the pundits

    Three horses flagged as distance specialists this month have grandsires that were sprinters. The form guides don't go back far enough. I check three generations minimum. When a sprinter bloodline runs a long race well it's conditions, not genetics. Don't build your selections on one good performance.

  • Three horses flagged as distance specialists this month have grandsires that were sprinters. The form guides don't go back far enough. I check three generations minimum. When a sprinter bloodline runs a long race well it's conditions, not genetics. Don't build your selections on one good performance.