Exact genetic replicas of successful steeds, long popular in polo, are appearing in other disciplines. Some ask: Is it the end of the happy accidents that breed ever-better horses?Exact genetic replicas of successful steeds, long popular in polo, are appearing in other disciplines. Some ask: Is it the end of the happy accidents that breed ever-better horses?
For generations, the world’s top horse breeders have carefully mixed bloodlines for temperament, strength, conformation and athleticism. Each new foal bore the promise of outperforming a carefully chosen set of parents. It isn’t quite natural selection, but it isn’t far off.
Now the equestrian world might be hitting a plateau: exact genetic replicas of successful horses and ponies. In other words, clones.
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Polo player Adolfo Cambiaso, regarded by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, essentially created the sporthorse cloning industry when he made a slew of genetic copies of his best ponies, starting in the early 2000s—and began winning tournaments on them.
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Now cloning is becoming more popular in other disciplines. At the end of 2024, the dressage portion of the eventing world championship for 7-year-old horses had concluded, and Chilli Morning IV was locked in a tie for second place with a horse that had remarkably similar strengths and weaknesses. Its name: Chilli Morning II.
Coincidence? Not at all. They were both clones of the late champion eventer, Chilli Morning.
Scary to think about. What happens when we start cloning humans?
Start? I suspect human cloning is already happening but we just don't know it yet.
The transhumanism movement is far more widespread than people realize. I suspect most have no clue what it is though. They have been prepared for it for some time.
Cloning is a big part of the "becoming god" thing. Lately just been thinking about how we humans just repeat the tower of Babel over and over again.
It is going to be a weird future.