30 Sep 2008 2:00 PM
Birdcatcher was NOT one of the images in this edition of the Thoroughbred photos contest -- check in for the final results!...
29 Sep 2008 3:07 PM
For the next several weeks, we'll pull a page from one of the fall mixed sales catalogs and analyze the pedigree....
26 Sep 2008 12:25 PM
Four new race horse photos will challenge you in the most recent edition of "Name That Thoroughbred!"...
25 Sep 2008 3:39 PM
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....
23 Sep 2008 5:16 PM
Taking a step back from the headlines to look at the pedigree of a a reader's Thoroughbred mare....
21 Sep 2008 10:22 PM
A few thoughts on the state of the Thoroughbred yearling sales market....
18 Sep 2008 9:23 PM
Broad Brush's male line influence -- and the whole Domino branch, for that matter -- is shaken up with the defection of Mongoose....
17 Sep 2008 9:41 PM
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....
16 Sep 2008 9:54 PM
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....
15 Sep 2008 11:41 AM
The annual report of live foals reveals some interesting shifts in the Thoroughbred breeding industry....
14 Sep 2008 6:23 PM
A quick look at the newly-announced trio of incoming stallions at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington....
11 Sep 2008 12:38 PM
Thoroughbred pedigree analysis is an exciting study. Even when the horse you're reviewing isn't a big star....
09 Sep 2008 10:19 AM
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....
05 Sep 2008 6:15 PM
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....
04 Sep 2008 11:56 PM
Word on the Street is that Darley has cornered the market on an emerging sire line....
03 Sep 2008 4:10 PM
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....
02 Sep 2008 1:26 PM
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....
01 Sep 2008 11:36 PM
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....