The tables for the three American classics illustrate which sires, dams
and broodmare sires trace to Reine-de-Course families. Though the
first, second, third, etc. dam may also be a Reine-de-Course the
modern taproot mare (i.e. *Boudoir II with His Majesty) is used for the sake
of consistency.
It should never be forgotten that the horse’s own tail-female line (i.e .
his dam, second dam, third dam and so forth) is the single most important
influence in his pedigree. The next most important is inbreeding and
linebreeding to important ancestors.
In the future, we will also have a table illustrating the inbreeding and
linebreeding in these classic winners.
Where a sire’s tail-female line is concerned, one wants to see a family
that consistently produces good stallions (Mumtaz Mahal, *Uvira II, etc.)
and where a broodmare sire is concerned, one is looking for an important
individual who stood at a major stud farm.
No good broodmare sire ever stood at anything other than a major farm, as
the definition of a good broodmare sire is a stallion who was bred to mares
of good family.
