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The Ultimate Horse: Selective Breeding Has Gone to the Limits of Biology

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The Ultimate Horse: Selective Breeding Has Gone to the Limits of Biology
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  • ... or, why we can't make 'em go any faster. https:// worksinprogress.co/issue/the-u ltimate-horse/ 'This is the paradox of the thoroughbred: breeders have spent centuries trying to create a faster horse, but in doing so, they may have bred away the very genetic diversity that would allow the horse to keep improving, or even to remain robust.'

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  • The Ultimate Horse L: https:// worksinprogress.co/issue/the-u ltimate-horse/ C: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9263260 posted on 2026.08.11 at 15:29:14 (c=0, p=5)

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