Michael D.
Thanks for the question. In the last couple years, I've charted and researched thousands and thousands of artificial surface races. The conclusions that I've arrived at are all documented from the beginning.
One of the strange things about artificial is the skipping a generation type thing where the son of a sire isn't below average on certain surfaces, but his offspring, rather it be fillies or colts, will jump up and be outstanding.
I'd rather not get to involved today, because this is the first time I've ever visited the room, and I don't wanna wear out my welcome the first day.
Having said that, if you are interested in pedigrees and the impact they have on race surface preferences, you can usually take a short cut and find either Secretariat, Buckpasser, Poker, or mares out of Clever Trick or Rahy and find a runner.