Here's a quick, easy way to fold the catalog page so that you can find the pages you want quickly and easily. No origami required, I promise....

It's "Miss Argentina" Day at The Five-Cross Files. We're looking at Argentine-bred mares offered at the Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton sales. Look for a few themes, including family 13-c; mares that excelled on both dirt and turf; Argentine blue hen mare Miss Peggy, and champions close-up on the catalog page....

From the family of Winning Colors and Chief's Crown, MINADO has a pedigree packed with strong broodmare sire influences....

Stakes-producing mare is carrying a foal bred similarly to a stakes-winning sibling. The catch is, the covering sire isn't commercially fashionable. Good move, or too risky?...

It's not every day you have the opportunity to purchase a half sister to the great Danehill (and to six other black type horses!). Think this Razyana daughter is a select hip at Fasig-Tipton, or in Book 1 of Keeneland November? Not quite. Why is GOMBEEN in Book 6--yes, really--at Keeneland?!?...

Here's an opportunity for those of you who are willing to consider an unraced mare who's a proven producer. In this case, her bloodlines mimic those of a multiple grade I standout -- and she's carrying a full sibling to her grade I-placed 3-year-old....

Another mare whose value is her family, SHARE A MOMENT is offered at Fasig-Tipton's select breeding stock sale carrying a close relative to defending champion Gio Ponti....

She has a prominent family and has produced a couple of durable runners. But her own poor record as a runner and failure to produce a standout foal make GIVEN TERMS a classic cull. Will her pedigree be attractive enough to entice breeders?...

I nominated her dam for 2010 Broodmare of the Year -- of course I wanted to write about LOVE AT NOON, who's offered at the upcoming Keeneland November sale!...

The fall sales are upon us. Time to start perusing those auction catalogs! ...

Fasig-Tipton includes a useful tool to keep its November Selected catalog pages up to date. (Even if you're not impressed by that, take a look at the sample page I've cited -- think Sea the Stars' family and Rachel Alexandra's sire.)...

I've always thought bidders had a prejudice against "named" yearlings at Thoroughbred sales. The numbers seem to indicate I'm wrong....

This is a sales catalog made for Thoroughbred pedigree fans....

I'm starting out my rant-and-rave session (and my second year of writing The Five-Cross Files) by censuring Thoroughbred industry participants for refusing to embrace the types of technology that could revamp our sport....

One of offerings at the Keeneland January Thoroughbred breeding stock sale is a mare that has long been on my own personal "watch" list. ...

Dam of Rags to Riches, Jazil, and Casino Drive fails to produce a foal in 2008 or 2009. Does that affect her value in the Thoroughbred sales ring?...

If you want to get to the winner's circle with a racehorse that pays its own way, here's the closest thing you'll find to a sure thing. As with much in life, however, there's a catch....

Breeding stock / mixed sales are dominated by broodmares and weanlings -- but stallions and stud prospects are another frequent offering. We'll look at a couple of this year's hips and discuss whether this is a good venue for stallion sales....

You'd think an "aunt" to Horse of the Year and ten-times millionaire Curlin would be a sure thing -- especially when she brought over $200,000 as a yearling. But concerns about her race record and four years without a foal have to be factored in to the equation....

The digital age is a grim reaper, slowly killing off printed compilations of data. Are Thoroughbred sales catalogs the next victim?...

The current breeding stock sales are the end of an era for one of North America's top sires. Today we'll take a quick glance at the two Keeneland November offerings of mares in foal to Storm Cat....

Both Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton's November breeding-stock sales offer mares with connections to popular sire Tiznow. ...

A great excuse to talk about new sire Hard Spun -- he's the covering sire of today's broodmare pick. That mare also happens to be a half-sister to the 2008 top freshman sire. An exciting catalog page from the Keeneland November sale....

Normally, the dam of a popular graded stakes winner -- carrying her full sibling, nonetheless -- would garner only positive attention at the breeding stock sales. In the case of Eight Belles' dam, though, some of the talk is about whether the repeat mating was the best idea....

Here's a mare from the family of Slew o'Gold, with close relationships to all of today's top sire lines. So when it comes time to breed, who to send her to?...