Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.

Page 26 · column 3 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved

The clipping this text was read from
The clipping this text was read from

foal, but, since broodmare prospects are culled less stringently than stallion prospects, more average or below-average mares stay in the gene pool, according to Taylor.

‘This is a mistake,” he said. “In many ways, trying to breed a fast racehorse is like rolling a dice. There is no guarantee. (While) it’s not impossible to breed a winning racehorse using below-average mares, it’s a lot harder.”

Once a mare is selected, Thylor said, every effort needs to be made to get her in foal on an early cover, lb achieve this, he placed broodmares under lights starting Dec. 1.

Simply put, the Mare’s Lights Programs Taylor and John Gaines developed means of housing mares under artificial light to mimic the long days of late spring and early summer which push

85.0%