This website offers complex pedigree reports and knowing how to read them and understanding … See more

Inbreeding occurs in a pedigree when the same horse appears twice through different offspring. Real Quiet's pedigree has a fair amount of inbreeding in it. The Pedigree Database … See more

Inbred horses that appear in both the dam and sire side of the pedigree are referred to as cross duplicates. In Real Quiet's pedigree, Raise a Native appears twice, once in Qui… See more

In thoroughbreds, there are three types of siblings that are generally noted. Full siblings (full brothers/sisters that share the same sire & dam). 3/4 siblings (horses that share 3 ou… See more

In the pedigree database, horses that have either won a grade I race or the equivalent of a grade I race (before the grading system came out) are always noted in bold text. Generally s… See more