Thoroughbred pedigree expert and columnist Sid Fernando has a front-page story in the July 6th edition of Thoroughbred Daily News on the influence of the Phipps family’s breeding program.
He writes about the success that horses from Phipps female families are having this year, noting that “[t]hrough Saturday, there were 225 graded races contested… [T]he winners of 20, or almost 9%, descend from families developed or bred by the Phippses. That’s significant influence.“
Detailing how such widespread influence has occurred at the highest levels of racing, Mr. Fernando writes “The Phippses emphasized quality over quantity and developed a limited number of deep families from mares they’d acquired, and through the years there have been many beneficiaries of Phipps breeding who got into these families as the principals culled them. These families have given past and present breeders a deep foundation on which to build upon and create their own top-class horses, and that is one of the important legacies of the Phippses.“
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