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Cremorne (Horse) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

How does a horse only become “moderately successful” as a stud? Like he would get a little shy when the lady horses were around?

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Just guessing -- maybe it's based on the resulting offspring being successful racers?

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Ah that makes a lot of sense.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Cremorne was a difficult horse to train, owing to his extreme laziness: he was known to fall asleep during breaks in exercise. He also had an apparently insatiable appetite and would eat anything edible within his range. On one occasion he contracted a near-fatal bout of colic after eating all of his bedding straw.[3]

Maybe he was just more interested in naps and snacks than lady horses. 🤷‍♂️

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 3 points 8 hours ago

This also make a lot of sense. Naps and snacks are pretty amazing.