The worst pedigree wins the Derby

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Veitch didn't exactly say he has the worst pedigree, I saw what he said. He's a pedigree "expert", whatever that entails, but he does do some writing in the DRF on pedigree so he must know a bit of what he speaks of. It was a number system, and on his system SS somehow came out last. He was referring to SS's dam, whom he thought was sprinter influenced.

He may have been 'Bedazzled' by the fact that all 4 of mum's wins were at less than a mile. But guess what? She only ran at 8f or more on dirt once and was second. They tried her 8 times on turf (APR doesn't give distances) and was placed only twice, but that could be because she didn't like turf. These days, if a midlevel horse is sprinting well, there is no incentive to try them longer because purses are the same and training for distance is harder.

He should have done more than scratched the surface. Bedazzled's SW half-sister Binalegend was by a sprinter Binalong and was able to win a stakes race around two turns, and the second dam was a SW at 9f.