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For generations, the world’s top horse breeders have carefully mixed bloodlines for temperament, strength, conformation and athleticism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

To white Americans with old money bloodlines, a family tree linked to the American Revolution era carries substantial weight.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025

“When it was introduced, every breeder jumped on it for its bloodlines because of its fragrance and foliage,” Carruth said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

“Life and death and bloodlines and damask. Wonderful,” wrote Jonathan Foyle, a British academic, on social media.

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

Atlanta—the Imperial City of the KKK’s Invisible Empire, in Klan jargon—was also home to Stetson Kennedy, a thirty- year-old man with the bloodlines of a Klansman but a temperament that ran opposite.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt