
Hayley,
You have it all wrong I am afraid. I know this will sound awful and I mean it kindly but that is a very novice way to look at dogs and pedigrees.
Some of the top dogs in the country come from pedigrees not bright red but of a pedgree full of
quality , healthy dogs. You have to remember that even with a "in the red" pedigree a crap dog bred to a crap bitch statistically with produce crap pups. ( Sorry if I am not allow to use that terminology)
You have to look at two things, the dogs in the pedigree regardless of status baring in mind it is very very hard to make a UK champion up and also the quality of the dog and the dogs behind that dog. Some breeds have top winning dogs that take the cream of the CC's for 5-7 years preventing some equally good dogs from being made up.
If you came to my house right now and looked at 3 generations of bitches and then looked at their pedgrees the youngest with the least red in the pedigree is by far the better example of the breed. In both quality, breed type and temperament. She is 3rd generation of select breeding of type and quality not red pedigrees. There are a lot of quality dogs around without titles BUT what you have to look closely and have understanding of the lines in your pedigree. Nobody wants a pediree full of " lucky lass" & " hopeful Henry" , I am certainly not saying this is acceptable, that is entirely different to a pedigree full of quality dogs whether titled or not. People can't show all their stock.
I remember someone saying to a freind of mine after she had went unplaced at a show for say the 4th time.
"she has a fantastic pedigree though", My freind replied, " well take the pedigree in next time".
I always thought it was a very good example.