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Breeding Racehorses: Federico Tesio, The Wizard of Dormello

A brief summary on the life of Federico Tesio, the Wizard of Dormello, who reinvented racing and dominated it with an open mind and ambition.Read More

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On The Gallop's · Both himself and his wife were equally brilliant horse people. · 101 days ago ·

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cocoa2 · Yes. His wife took more of the social tasks on, however, and let him manage the horses. · 101 days ago ·

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Mary Z. · cocoa, Very good first h r n article. I really enjoyed reading this. Didn't Tesio believe in having the mare "choose" the stallion? I read that somewhere. Do any modern breeders use Tesio's methods? · 100 days ago ·

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buckpasser · Great article Cocoa. Enjoyed reading it. · 100 days ago ·

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AmbitiousD · Great article. I really enjoy reading about this kind of racing history. As the world progressed into more and more complicated scientific technology, I hope we do not forget how people like Tesio and the Duke of Cumberland changed things forever. · 100 days ago ·

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AmbitiousD · Err, typo... As the world progresses... · 100 days ago ·

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travel_vic · strange fellow Tessio, disliked grays thinking it was a DISEASE and all about "love energy?" · 100 days ago ·

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shadowno · Nice writing young man. Thank You. · 100 days ago ·

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jay s. · GREAT JOB COCOA!!! Loved it, Keep 'em coming. · 100 days ago ·

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jay s. · This is how you build/earn status. Very impressed. When I was 14 I only cared about one thing...Mid-South Wrestling. What a putz I was. :) · 100 days ago ·

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CauseForConcern · Nice article. Very interesting reading. · 100 days ago ·

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amino998 · A very well written and polished piece. Reading that Tessio considered Cavaliere d’Arpino the best he ever bred over Ribot and Nearco sent me pondering the plethora of BEST horse lists floated around. Yukichan said it right citing our innate desire for order in chaos and need to compare. Maybe 2 lists, Most Accomplished and Most Capable are in order. Who can say that Federico was wrong, the guy had sac ;) Thanks · 100 days ago ·

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amino998 · A chance at seeing Ribot's career might have swayed him, too. ;) · 100 days ago ·

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jay s. · cocoa, if you and TBDF keep this up, you're gonna find yourselves co-anchoring on HRTV or TVG one day. · 100 days ago ·

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cocoa2 · A chance at seeing Ribot · 100 days ago ·

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cocoa2 · A chance at seeing Ribot's career end probably would've swayed his opinion, I agree, amino. There was very little information on Donatello II which intrigues me, should anyone else attempt to give writing an article a whack he sounds like an interesting horse. Jay s, the hope is to either work up to the public relations manager at Suffolk Downs, try training, or writing. Hopefully I'll get over my excessive use of commas. The idea of "love energy" (great way to put it, travel_vic) is still one that plagues racing's breeders today. As part of love energy, Mary, I do believe Tesio tried to have the mare choose the stallion. This video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCJmiqW2oSE, shows some parts of the Dormello Stud where Tesio went about his work. · 100 days ago ·

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jay s. · Good deal, cocoa. Make it happen. · 100 days ago ·

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AnnaK · Really enjoyed this cocoa2, and learned a few things, hope you keep this up. Didn't he sell Nearco to England as he didn't want many of his sires hanging around? And the video, gosh, at first thought it was the bucolic corner of George's place on Como. · 100 days ago ·

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Buckpasser · He sold Nearco to England because of threat of WWII because of the rumors of a possible alliance between Hitler and Mussolini. This was in 1938 as the Czechslovakia crisis was heating up. · 100 days ago ·

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AnnaK · Thxs Buckpasser, good to know. · 99 days ago ·

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Sysonby · Well written piece. There is no question Tesio bred horses who established outstanding breeding lines. I still have to say that ignoring the fact that the mare contributes half the chromosomes to the horse is just a little bit crazy. · 99 days ago ·

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amino998 · What's the back story on Ribot's mom Romanella? Found her on the side of the road? · 96 days ago ·

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