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The combination of genomics and pedigree theory hasn’t come close to reaching its potential, speakers said Sept. 8 on the second and final day of the Thoroughbred Pedigree, Genetics, and Performance Conference in Lexington, Ky. But their link, in the words of one pedigree specialist, can’t be ignored.

"Pedigree is genetics," said Byron Rogers of Pedigree Consultants, the company that co-sponsored the event with Blood-Horse Publications.

The second day of the conference wasn’t as science-heavy as the first, but science shadowed the proceedings. There’s probably no sound means to gauge heritability in breeding without it, speakers said

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