Has any race horse ever been cloned?

Question

If so, could we tell by his/her bloodlines

Answer 1

There's a racing mule that's been cloned twice at the U. of Idaho.

The original mule's name is Taz.  The clones are Idaho Gem and Idaho Star.

The above answerer is correct in that a clone of a Thoroughbred could not be a Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred, but one could be cloned, he/she just couldn't race.  (Although if it happens, somebody will probably stage a race in some sort of non-sanctioned match).

Answer 2

No, and even if they had been, the Jockey Club already has a rule stating that no cloned or genetically engineered horse will be registered.

Answer 3

No.  The Jockey Club, the governing entity for the registration of Thoroughbreds, would not accept a clone for registration.  If it can't be registered, the clone would be useless for racing or breeding purposes.  So there would be no point in cloning a Thoroughbred racehorse.

However, there is another kind of "race horse" that has been cloned:  the Hall of Fame barrel racing Quarter Horse gelding Scamper has been cloned.  http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/storie...

I don't know about the registration status of Scamper or any of his foals, but I know of plenty of barrel racing competitors who would be only too happy to breed mares to Scamper's cloned "twin" and to heck with registration papers.  If the Scamper clone's offspring have anywhere near the talent that Scamper has, they won't have any trouble finding homes in the barrel racing world!

Answer 4

not that i know of ........

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

No racehorse has ever been cloned. The Jockey Club says no racehorses can be cloned anyway. The owners of Funny Cide, 2003 Kentucky Derby winner, were offered to clone their horse. They said no. Here's the article in USA TODAY:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2007-06-0...

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Answer 7

Hmm, you framed your question in an interesting way.  

Has a thoroughbred horse ever been cloned - probably.

Has a cloned thoroughbred ever raced - definitely not.

It is against the regulations of any racing country to permit a cloned horse to run in races.  The rules state that the horse must be conceived by natural means - that is the mounting of the mare by the stallion and the covering being carried out in the normal way.

That also rules out Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer.  Although the rules state that the covering may be reinforced immediately after the stallion dismounts by the insertion into the mare of a portion of the ejaculate from that covering.

There is a lot of debate as to whether we should permit AI/ET and cloning but I think it is a bad idea.

AI would encourage even more overbreeding than we need at the moment.

ET is only really necessary for sport horse mares that are usually older (in their teens) when they reach their competative peak and therefore are not able to take time off to have a foal.  In this case the mare would be inseminated and the embryo then removed and implanted in another mare.

Cloning would be pretty pointless as even if they did manage to clone, say Red Rum, there is no guarantee the clone would be as good as his/her sibling as there are many other factors involved in training a racehorse - the trainer, the jockey, the food, the environment he/she is kept in.

It is an interesting debate though!