Birdcatcher was NOT one of the images in this edition of the Thoroughbred photos contest -- check in for the final results!...
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For the next several weeks, we'll pull a page from one of the fall mixed sales catalogs and analyze the pedigree....
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Four new race horse photos will challenge you in the most recent edition of "Name That Thoroughbred!"...
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The data are clear: certain qualities or circumstances are favored in the yearling sales ring. Here are nine factors that were markers for success at the 2008 Keeneland September yearling sale....
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Taking a step back from the headlines to look at the pedigree of a a reader's Thoroughbred mare....
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A few thoughts on the state of the Thoroughbred yearling sales market....
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Broad Brush's male line influence -- and the whole Domino branch, for that matter -- is shaken up with the defection of Mongoose....
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It's a family thing: yearling fillies from the immediate female family of A. P. Indy and Storm Cat were offered at the Keeneland September yearling sale's ninth day....
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Black type on the catalog page, an exceptional Thoroughbred female family with old-time names throughout her pedigree, in foal to a nice Kentucky stallion -- this mare has some good things going for her. And I have the perfect match for her....
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The annual report of live foals reveals some interesting shifts in the Thoroughbred breeding industry....
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A quick look at the newly-announced trio of incoming stallions at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington....
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Thoroughbred pedigree analysis is an exciting study. Even when the horse you're reviewing isn't a big star....
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Part of the energized atmosphere at Thoroughbred sales is the urgent dispersal of catalog page update notices that are handed out to all potential buyers....
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We're taking a jump up in class this week, looking at a mare by an excellent broodmare sire and out of one of the finest Thoroughbred families....
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Word on the Street is that Darley has cornered the market on an emerging sire line....
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The sales repository offers potential bidders some health information about Thoroughbreds being sold at auction. It's part of the sales-prep process to have a foal scoped and x-rayed -- and good results make for happy sellers....
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Some of the secrets revealed in A Guide to Buying Thoroughbreds at the Keeneland September Sale are tips on how to read what the sales catalog page really says ...why timing can be everything ... who should be on your team of advisors ... and how you can compare the offerings hip-by-hip to determine your top picks....
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Anak Nakal's Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) win gives me the opportunity to tie together such disparate topics as inbreeding to Dr. Fager... the re-emergence of a branch of female family #1... Quiet American as a broodmare sire... and Djebel (FR) blood in the modern Thoroughbred....
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