The articles at Pedigree Post are written by some of the world's top experts on Thoroughbred pedigrees, many professional journalists and pedigree consultants, including the authors of several books on the subject. They are joined by members of a growing group of serious students of pedigree research.

The Pedigree Post was developed as a vehicle for these writers to present their ideas on pedigrees and breeding trends. All are unified by the concept that it is possible to breed top horses by studying the pedigrees of top horses, past and present, and by using the knowledge from these studies to breed top horses in the future. Anyone is invited to contribute.

Pedigree Post will exercise no exclusivity rights to the articles that appear on the site. If you'll notice, each article in our Archives is copyrighted in the name of the author, not Pedigree Post. Our feeling is that the articles (barring outside quotes and outright plagiarism) are the intellectual property of the author and not of the publication or forum in which it appears. Our mission is to encourage more people to put their ideas in print to share.

Below is a listing of our contributing fellows with links to the articles they have provided on this website.

LES BRINSFIELD
Les developed the first Thoroughbred pedigree software, PC Pedigree, in the 1980s. He is a pedigree consultant living in Lexington, KY. He is also founder of Pedigroup Inc. and of this site. His matings produced 3 Grade 1 winners in 2000 including champion Kona Gold. Articles on site include:
Saarland: More of the Same
Came Home: Domino Principle Illustrated
Johannesburg: Finally?
War Admiral/La Troienne: Genetic Strength & Why
Officer: Separate and Apart
Danzig: Mystery No Mystery
Domino and The Belmont
Caressing - Champion Pouring It On
Roberto: the Gentry Legacy
Scorpion:First Cross, First Clue
La Troienne: a Distaff Fountainhead
Nearco: a Primer on Line Breeding
Kona Gold: Explaining a Paradox
Aptitude
Congaree Should Stay the Course
Domino: the Pedigree
Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos

ROLAND CONNOR
A native of Louisiana, Roland became interested in horse racing at a very young age. His ultimate goal is to become a private pedigree consultant for a major breeding and racing operation. Articles on site include:
Rating the 3yos: Part 2
Rating the 3YOs for 2002

ANGEL B. CONTRERAS, MD
Angel B. Contreras, MD is a cardiologist and horse breeder in the Dominican Republic, and is the President of Rancho San Antonio. His articles have been published in various printed and electronic media. Dr. Contreras appreciates comments and suggestions. Articles on site include:
The Idle Hour Cross in 1997 Classic Winners

D. WILLIAM DAVIDGE
Is The X-Factor The Answer

MANUEL DE LUQUE
Born in Madrid, Spain. Manuel is a journalist and works as deputy editor in a trade advertising journal. Both his father and grandfather owned racehorses and rode as gentlemen riders. Published his first article on breeding when he was 18. Have been writing about racing and breeding since then in Spanish and foreign publications. Articles on site include:
Persian Rules in Spain
Desert Arden Flourishes in Spain
Spanish Sensation Anbari
Jacira, the Spanish Queen
Motivator


ANN FERLAND
A former statististics instructor at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Ferland did her undergraduate work at Caltech, where she gained honorary status as Cal-bred. Ann's work has previously appeared in The Thoroughbred of California and Pacemaker, as well as being a successful photographer. Married with two children and a border collie. She presented a paper on George Pope's breeding program at the inaugural TBPedix Convention, November 2000. Articles on site include:
Western Pride: The Pride of Florida
Summer Colony: A Lady for the Wintertime
Mystic Lady: Mystic Mystery
Cagney: Top o' the world, Ma!
Who is Better than "You"?
Plumeria Lei
Wishing and Breeding Well
Golden Ballet, Queen of Santa Anita
Silvano,a German with Cal-bred roots
Tiznow (Part 1) and Tiznow (Part 2)
Brass Hat

DANIEL GOLDSZMID
His enthusiasm for Thoroughbreds began when he was 14. From that, he developed a passion that took him to becoming an owner-breeder and an enthusiast of pedigree research. Daniel lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He advises a select group of owners and breeders regarding pedigree analysis, bloodstock and marketing resolutions. Articles on site include:
A Nova Era for Mutakddim
New Real Deal, Another Grade 1 winner for Roy
Mr. Mat

ALFONSO GONZÁLEZ
Alfonso was born in San Sebastian, Spain and is a Marketing Director of an international electrical company. He is a racehorse breeder and has written articles in the Spanish magazine "Agalopar" and for the websites www.agalopar.com and
and www.todoturf.com. Alfonso has also presented the summaries of the races run in San Sebastian in 2003 and 2004 on local TV.
Exciting Story

PETER HOHLWEG
Peter was born in Munich, Germany. His website the-racehorse features some information about Thoroughbred pedigree and German racing. Articles on site include:
Hyperion / Teddy: A Superstar Nick?
Captain Steve
Citation

ANDREA HOOGENDOORN
Andrea's Thoro Page is an excellent web page featuring pedigrees and equine art. Articles on site include:
Startac: a Lesson for Strategic Breeding
Innit: Looking beyond Immediate Ancestry
The Sibling Factor

AVALYN HUNTER
Avalyn has studied pedigrees as a hobby for some 25 years. She is also an aspiring writer of short stories, with "The Passing of the Torch" and "The Foundation" to her credit, both published in Thoroughbred Times. In the real world, she lives in Florida and works as a mental health specialist in the state prison system. Articles on site include:
No Class?
Soundness and the Modern Thoroughbred
Tiznow and Officer: Similarities and Contrasts

J. W. EQUINE
Based in Alberta, Canada, J. W. is a very busy freelance writer who happens to be a pedigree addict. In fact, the former grew out of the latter, as she is a retired locomotive engineer - the first female one in Canada. She is a horse owner as well. Articles on site include:
Mapping Out The Future

BILL LATHROP
Bill Lathrop was born on a ranch in central Washington state, where his love of horses was generated. Retired from the entertainment industry, he bought his first race horse in 1967 and has been an avid student of the breed since that day. He loves the history of the thoroughbred, and is privileged to include mentor Richard Ulbrich among his friends. His website TB Pedigree contains many interesting articles, including some reprinted here. Articles on site include:
Siphonic and the Boys From Brazil
William the Third and the Duke
The Family of Dancethruthedawn
The Family of Galileo
Dixie Union and a tale of two sisters
The Relevance of Statistical Analysis and Genetics
Bago

JAY LEIMBACH
Jay is a shining bloodstock journalist, writing from his home base in West Chester, PA. Articles on site include:
Sires of Sires and Broodmares Sires
Aging and Genetic Deterioration
Inbreeding in Top Thoroughbreds
June Bloodlines
Blushing Three-Year-Olds in Louisiana

DAVID MANSER
David Manser is a Thoroughbred pedigree and breeding enthusiast from Melbourne, Australia, who became interested in racehorses at the age of 13. Over the next twenty-five years, his interest in pedigree research developed into a passion. His major unpublished achievement to date, a tabulation of the descendants of Pocahontas in line with the X-factor theory, reveals inheritance patterns which could prove invaluable in man's endless quest to breed a Champion. Articles on site include:
Isinglass

ANNE MEREDITH and EARL FECK
Anne has been interested in thoroughbred racing since she was a teenager, and has been studying pedigrees and linebreeding for over fifteen years. She worked as a computer programmer for ten years and in that time wrote the first version of what is now the linebreeding program Pedigree Planner. Anne live on 22 acres at Hunua, New Zealand with my husband, two children, five cats, seven horses and twenty cattle. As well as selling Pedigree Planner, Anne is in partnership with Earl Feck in Thoroughbred Pedigree Consultants, doing pedigree analyses and mating recommendations for racehorses and breeding stock. Earl has worked with thoroughbreds most of his life, and has studied linebreeding for over thirty years. Articles on site include:
Rainman: They don't have to be expensive to be good
Sunline, a Product of Linebreeding

KAREL MIEDEMA
Karel Miedema is editor/publisher of Sporting Post, South Africa's only racing & breeding newspaper, and of the South African Sirebook, which appears annually. A passionate pedigree peeler, he writes extensively on pedigrees of South African bloodstock. He advises a select group of clients, and has been responsible for the mating of South African Horse of the Year 2000 Jet Master as well as a handful of Graded race performers. Karel breeds and races in partnerships. Articles on site include:
What Mares for Jet Master?
South African star Badger's Drift

MIODRAG MILOVANOVIC
Miodrag is our expert on Thoroughbred racing in Eastern Europe, living in Yugoslavia. Articles on site include:
World G1 Races 2001 : An Analysis
World G1 Races 2002 : An Analysis
Horatio Luro - a sire in Hungary
Mirio's Miracle
Tribal Instinct dominates Central Europe
Yugoslav Champion Gilgames

PETER NEILSON
Peter Neilson is a New Zealand based economist who is the CEO of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development. He is a former President of the Levin Breeders Group and has mares boarding in New Zealand , Australia and the USA. He has also had luck with his pedigree research. The first horse he bred Cuchulainn (koo-hullin) was named Jumper (Steeplechaser) of the Year for the 2003/04 season in New Zealand. (We always knew he would be an 11 year old!!!) Peter can be contacted on equine@paradise.net.nz
Bachelor Duke
Elusive Quality
Ishiguru
Johar  
Strategies For Line Breeders

ERNEST NEWCOMB
Ernest is a long time student of pedigrees and is a resident of Massachusetts, U.S.A. Articles on site include:
Jump Start?
England's Legend

JOSE MARIA PINTO OLIVIERA
Mr. Oliviera's work is featured in an editorial on the ThemaTurfe site. Articles on site include:
Spend A Buck: King o' Brazil (translated by Gustavo Mendez)

ANNE PETERS
Anne is a pedigree consultant and writer living in Pennsylvania. She is co-author, with Alan Porter, of the book Patterns of Greatness II: The Americans and is editor of the breeding newsletter Owner-Breeder International. She is also partner in the popular site Thoroughbred Heritage. Articles on site include:
Inbreeding by Boussac
Nicks or not
Why Inbreeding?
The Good, the Bad, and the Inbred (co-authored with Thomas M. Young III)
Meadowlake in Peace and War
Point Given, winner of the Preakness and Belmont

NIGEL PULLEN
Nigel Pullen is a full time systems analyst and freelance writer on Thoroughbred breeding from England. Articles on site include:
Hawk Wing Set to Soar
Habitat: Part 1 - A Perfectly Balanced Habitat
Habitat: Part 2 - A Habitat in full Bloom
Hong Kong International Meeting 2001
Jungle Pockets Japan Cup
Rough Shod: Part 1 - Her Dynasty
Rough Shod: Part 2 - Her Legacy
Melbourne Cup Field So Nearly "Given The Slip"
Vinnie Roe is the Definite Article
Nayef Maintains Height of Fashion
Arc Weekend 2001 - Day 1 and Day 2
Tribute To Dubai Millennium
Gossamer as smooth as silk
Summoner calls the tune
Milan takes the English St. Leger
Nuclear Debate Blasts Sprint Rivals
Morshdi Beats the Home Defence
Sensational Sakhee
Vahorimix Lands Unique Group 1 Double
Persian Packs a Punch  
Wind Blows Hot - the story of Race the Wild Wind
Gorse - A Model Pedigree
Irish Oaks winner Lailani
The Blushing Groom/Nijinsky II Nick
Galileo, the Derby Star
Aquarelliste takes Prix de Diane
French Derby winner Anabaa Blue
French 2000 Guineas winner Noverre
French 1000 Guineas victress Rose Gypsy
Irish 2000 Guineas winner Black Minnaloushe
Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Imagine
Breeders' Cup Turf Champion Kalanisi
1,000 Guineas Winner Ameerat
2,000 Guineas Winner Golan   
Dubai World Cup Meeting
Royal Ascot 2001 Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4
Myth To Reality
Set Free

ROSANA RIVERA
Rosana Rivera is a pedigree enthusiast from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Since the age of 14, she began writing about Thoroughbred racing and breeding for various local publications as well as for radio broadcasts of horse racing. She has owned Paso Fino horses and holds a Master of Animal Science Degree from the University of Florida. Miss Rivera currently resides in Miami, Florida. Articles on site include:
Battle Morn, Heir to the blood of Blenheim II
Nasrullah's Domination of the Clasico Del Caribe

GEORGE WILLIAM SMITH
George William Smith (website: http://www.members.shaw.ca/thematchmaker/) 
"The Matchmaker", Bloodstock Consultant and Pedigree Analyst. His recommendations have led to 2002 Eclipse Champions Farda Amiga and Vindication, and 124 Stakewinners since 1980.  
Vindication, True Reason & Scipion
Makybe Diva - A GSV perspective

ROSE SYLVIA
Co-founder of Tbpedix, Texas breeder and pedigree researcher Rose Sylvia has a background in the computer industry. She owns Flying Rose Ranch in Texas which stands the stallion Majestic Twoeleven, and manages the popular website Equine Information. Articles on site include:
Pedigree Gathering: a review of the 2001 International Tbpedix Pedigree Conference 

LEO TSATSARONIS
Leo runs a small software company based in Victoria, Australia. Leo became interested in pedigrees when he purchased a share in a racehorse. The racehorse showed a lot of ability eventually winning 8 races and over $140,000 and Leo became fascinated with why that horse could run whilst other horses by the same sire couldn't.
Leo has since designed and markets the G1 Goldmine product and also keeps 1-2 broodmares which he breeds from and races the progeny with friends.
Inbreeding to Northern Dancer daughters should be avoided

SCOTT THOMPSON
Scott is from New Zealand and works for Windsor Park Stud. 
Montjeu 

MICHAEL VENTURA
A resident of Massachusetts, Michael first had his interest in horse racing cultivated as a child when his parents read the Black Stallion novels with him. In his teenage years this was augmented by a deepening enthusiasm for the study of thoroughbred pedigrees, which were just then becoming available over the internet.  As of late he has shown an interest in professionally consulting horse breeders in their endeavor.  Articles on site include:
Bago (Part one)
Society Selection: Winner of the Test Stakes
Three ideas for breeders 
Victory Gallop - his pedigree
Victory Gallop - Mating Suggestions
Gone West - Fest
Rocking Trick
Pleasantly Perfect
Bellamy Road
What Is Inbreeding
he Danzig and Petingo Super Cross

THOMAS M. YOUNG III
Tom Young is an independent investment banker living in Richardson, Texas. He owns several racehorses and broodmares. He breeds to race and is working to improve his broodmare band toward breeding the classic winner. Articles on site include:
The Good, the Bad, and The Inbred