I had the opportunity to write a short article on the science behind pedigree analysis for the Australian publication BlueBloods. If you have the time to read it you can get a copy here - download here #BlueBloods #Pedigree

Let's Go Racing Stables, managed by Bryan Sullivan and Kevin Scatuorchio, have found themselves a 'live one' in the shape of the undefeated three year old Verrazano, who looked ultra impressive in drawing off to win by 16 1/2 lengths at Gulfstream Park in allowance company. A son of More Than Ready, a stallion raced by Kevin' father Jim to a fourth place finish in the Kentucky Derby, Verrazano has more of his broodmare sire about him being a larger horse that should genuinely

The concept of a 'mitochondrial eve' is a concept that has been around in human terms for some time. The idea is that we as humans all trace faithfully back to one female, or the 7 Daughters of Eve if you have read Bryan Sykes interesting novel on human mitochondria, and it is borne about by one of the principal achievements of mitochondrial genetics, which is the classification of all modern Europeans into seven groups, the mitochondrial haplogroups. Each haplogroup is defin

The DVD for the 2011 Pedigree, Genetics and Performance Conference is now available to order. You can get a copy by clicking here. For those that were not at the Conference or didn't hear about it, the Conference featured speakers from around the world talking about Thoroughbred pedigrees, the advancements in genomics as it relates to performance and some other performance related tools that help identify elite racehorse talent. It is a good DVD, especially for a Xmas present