Dosage: Pedigree & Performance
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Curriculum Vitae of Steve Roman

• Born in 1943 in New York City; now living in Costa Rica.
• B.S. in Chemistry, City University of New York, ΦBK and magna cum laude, 1963; M.A. in Organic Chemistry, Columbia University, 1964; Ph.D. in Physical-Organic Chemistry, Columbia University, 1967.
• Post-Doctoral Research at Harvard University (1967-1969) and the University of Texas at Austin (1969).
• Author of 53 U.S. agricultural and animal health chemical patents.
• Author of DOSAGE: PEDIGREE AND PERFORMANCE published by the Russell Meerdink Co., 2003.
• “Hands-on” in the horse industry for forty years as an owner, breeder and early-stage trainer of performance and conformation show horses.
• Thirty years in the Thoroughbred racing business as an owner, consultant, writer and educator.
• Creator of the “Dosage Index”, a tool for classifying Thoroughbred pedigrees according to aptitudinal type.
• Creator of Performance Figures (PFs), a superior alternative to final time-based speed figures.
• Internationally recognized authority on the relationship between Thoroughbred pedigree and racing performance.
• Advisor to Thoroughbred owners, breeders and trainers.
• Named by Daily Racing Form as one of the ten most influential people in 20^th century Thoroughbred handicapping.
• Originator of the “FC System”, a methodology designed to detect superior two-year-old runners early in their career and that has been successfully operating on a private basis for over twenty-five years.