Northern Dancer's two most important male-line scions bow out within 24 hours. What now?

Seattle Fitz (ARG) has stunned the 2-year-old market in 2008. Why didn't I get in on the action?

Some comments on the Derby ... how Five-Cross readers fared with their picks ... new poll of the week.

I've named my favorites for Saturday's Kentucky Derby. I'd like to know who you think should win it, based solely on pedigree.

Just in time for the KENTUCKY DERBY, here are a couple of must-read features. Plus, my TOP 3 picks for fame and glory this coming Saturday.

Registering Thoroughbreds with The Jockey Club is mostly straightforward -- but not all of the terminology is.

One stallion from the Northern Dancer sire line is especially impressive as a broodmare sire. Will his success extend to this year's Derby?

More than half of the readers of this blog are breeders. See the results of last week's poll on horse ownership, and take the new poll about racing 2-year-olds.

A sure-fire solution to the Thoroughbred industry's biggest problem: Why can't we find a way to earn ROI on horses under 2 years old?

The Thoroughbred was built to run a route. So why are races being shortened every year?

Last week, I talked about a few of my favorite pedigrees in the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training. For anyone interested in that sale (or just fascinated by sire lists and anything data-related), The Blood-Horse is offering a free download of the Data Digest for this sale.

... Okay, so where am I going with all this? BIG BROWN. If you haven't already gotten on this colt's bandwagon for his racing accomplishments, get ready to see lots more of this fellow in the future. As in, during his post-race career.

It's been a rough year for a lot of horse owners, with hay prices reaching record levels -- and that's if you can find any available. In addition to bemoaning the situation, I'm trying to figure out a way to avoid the same problem next year.

The powerful UAE Derby (UAE-II) win by Honour Devil (ARG) this weekend inspires some thoughts on the colt's breeding -- and whether a reverse bloodline cross could work well in the U.S.

The Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds offers progeny from new sires like Birdstone and Speightstown and Smarty Jones, along with family ties to In Reality and Damascus and Barbaro.