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by pixodaros 1147 days ago
Yes, I think Gwern might want to look into practical animals such as sheep not luxury animals such as racehorses. Just getting those big, strong, docile racehorses required selective breeding!

Edit: And amusingly he does talk briefly about sheep but is not interested in where the types of sheep in 18th century England came from because the people who bred them did not leave records and get praised in a book on early modern history :)