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first, i don't think a GC will ever have a BGC and a YGC(?) and then become GC.
If one does then it needs to get to the breeding pond PDQ. It'd be great to have a koi that stays up its whole growing Life.....that'd be worth alot of money.
Second i think that there are koi hatched every year here in the US that could win GC at the major shows. The problem isn't the fry or genes of some of the parents used as breeders, the problem lies in us...the breeders don't have the knowledge with their lines to keep the best koi, the big time show hobbyist doesn't mess with pathetic (in his eyes) Domestic koi, and the hobbyists that get the fish that really do have the potential don't have a high enough standard as to what they need to do to actually get a true tategoi to GC. Those folks are playing with two year old Momotaros.
But the silver lining....
since there are some quality pairings (like KGT's) with really high quality genetics being used, done by fairly uneducated in terms of what the Masters know in Japan, Breeders (like KGT) then you could at least get at the true tategoi for a song...but it is YOUR eye or luck that would have to find it. I'm gonna try non-japanese breeder koi.
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