The genetic evaluation and breeding of sport horses is a critical area of research aimed at improving the performance and health of horses used in competitive disciplines such as show jumping ...

Narrator: Depending on the stallion, horse semen is one of ... But the value of thoroughbred semen is a little harder to quantify, since breeding must occur naturally for racehorses.

The name accurately describes this breed of horse ... Breeders at first rejected Hard Tack, Seabiscuit’s sire, as a stallion. Then, when Seabiscuit began to win, the stud fee went up to a ...

“Because of its complex structure, the Y chromosome is much harder to sequence ... we can better reconstruct the last 1,500 years of horse breeding history and evolution.” ...