The Grande Prêmio Cruzeiro do Sul (G1), Rio’s Derby run on the turf at Hipódromo da Gávea last Sunday, crowned Oderich (Drosselmeyer) as the best colt of the 2022 crop in Brazil and marked a historic day for trainer Luiz Esteves and stallion Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor). The bay colt, co-owned by Haras Cariri Pe and Stud Sampaio and bred at Haras Anderson, delivered a performance of quality that confirmed the talent of this promising runner. Grande Prêmio Cruzeiro do Sul (G

The Dosage system was developed to provide breeders and bettors with a numerical way to evaluate the balance of speed and stamina inherited by a horse. The method is not a magic formula; it was built from the observation that a small number of influential stallions transmit traits of precocity or stamina to their descendants. At the beginning of the 20th century, the French military officer J. J. Vuillier began identifying these sires, which he called chefs-de-race (literall