Royal Blue Boon and its clone the same genetics

Royal Vista Southwest Veterinarian James Bailey a clone of prize cutting horse Royal Blue Boon at the horse breeding facility in Purcell, Okla., Thursday, March 16, 2006. Royal Blue Boon has performance earnings of $381,764 and her offspring have earned $2.5 million. Bailey, a veterinarian at the farm that provided horses to carry the cloned embryos provided by ViaGen, said the University of California Davis genetics lab has confirmed that Royal Blue Boon and its clone, born Feb. 19, share the same genetics. (AP Photo)

The first commercial cloning

In this 2006 photo released by ViaGen, Inc., Royal Blue Boon (R) is held by her owner Elaine Hall as they meet the mare's clone at Royal Vista Southwest farm in Purcell, Oklahoma. ViaGen announced 30 March, 2006, that it had cloned two champion horses, had started multiple clone pregnacies and was planning more cloned horses in the next year. ViaGen said in a stement this will be the first commercial cloning operation in the US. Man at right is unidentified. (AFP PHOTP/VIAGEN, INC./SALLY HARRISON)

Royal Blue Boon

Elaine Hall poses for a photo with her prize cutting horse, Royal Blue Boon, at Royal Vista Southwest in Purcell, Okla., Thursday, March 16, 2006. Royal Blue Boon has performance earnings of $381,764 and her offspring have earned $2.5 million. James Bailey, a veterinarian at the horse breeding facility that provided horses to carry the cloned embryos provided by ViaGen, said the University of California Davis genetics lab has confirmed that Royal Blue Boon and a clone, born Feb. 19, share the same genetics. (AP Photo)

A five-week old filly

A five-week old filly cloned from Royal Blue Boon, right, runs with the mare that carried the embryo and nurses her at Royal Vista Southwest in Purcell, Okla., Thursday, March 16, 2006. Royal Blue Boon has performance earnings of $381,764 and her offspring have earned $2.5 million. James Bailey, a veterinarian at the horse breeding facility that provided horses to carry the cloned embryos provided by ViaGen, said the University of California Davis genetics lab has confirmed that Royal Blue Boon and its clone, born Feb. 19, share the same genetics. (AP Photo)

US-Cloning-Commercial-Horses

In this 2006 photo released by ViaGen, Inc., mares pregnant with clone horses roam a pasture at Royal Vista Southwest farm in Purcell, Oklahoma. ViaGen announced 30 March, 2006, that it had cloned two champion horses, had started multiple clone pregnacies and was planning more cloned horses in the next year. ViaGen said in a stement this will be the first commercial cloning operation in the US. (AFP PHOTP/VIAGEN, INC./LISA HOKE)