Paul Dicks wrote:
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Looking at the Irish Derby and Melbourne Cup fields and their pedigrees, I believe it's not long until an Outcross will be almost impossible. I understand there has always been distant outcrosses, but those are being pushed closer and closer to the first page of a pedigree. What are we going to do when we need fresh blood in the future?
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There are plenty of straws for older sires still available And in some cases old becomes new It took about 5 generations but New Tears via Roanokee via Ballymac Maeve down to Droopys Sydney has re-emerged as a prominent and dominant sire line in the UK/Ireland That line with a lot of prominent sons of over there retiring and still racing will no doubt find their way over here We should also as an industry be getting as many straws of sires with diverse USA blood to be used over broods before it totally shuts down There seem to be a lot of females being imported and quite a few are throwing some very nice dogs here like Barooga Brett, Christo Bale etc and they need to be supported to keep the diversity of the lines active Also, there will be an explosion of KC And All blood in the next few years as well, via numerous sons at stud, so dogs like grandsons & great grandsons of Flying Penske, Kiowa Sweet Trey, Molotow, Gable Dodge, Dutch Bahama etc with diverse damlines need bringing in One sire we don;t have much of his blood here who was successful in Ireland was Hondo Black He has a son in Hookesy who was a superior pup fo his time and has thrown some very handy performers from not the cream of broods He surely could be utilized to some advantage https:/ CLICK HERE
One thing I find astounding is that there is not really a Brett Lee son or grandson that is taking his line forward It is slowly dying out Black Magic Opal & El Grand Senor would be the most prominent along with Zipping Garth Perhaps its that great line that needs to be re injected into our progeny now via a grandson/great grandson
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Do you have questions about breeding theories? 
