The OBS Fall Mixed Sale is quickly approaching. Florida has one of the strongest Thoroughbred breeding programs in the country, and this sale features a number of nice mares. This one comes from the family of Winning Colors....
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Two of Personal Ensign's five daughters will walk through the ring at Keeneland's November breeding stock sale. ...
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We'll begin our daily broodmare study with a Keeneland November offering whose pedigree looks a lot like Dynaformer's....
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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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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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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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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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Keeneland offers a neat new feature to create custom mini catalogs for its Thoroughbred sales....
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A mare might be a perfect fit for one breeding program but not for others. How exactly does one determine if a mare is a "broodmare quality" Thoroughbred?...
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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....
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Pulpit and his sons are well-represented at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's select sale of 2-year-olds in training next week. Some of their progeny's dams have interesting stories of their own....
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Let's follow up on a recent poll that asked how you, the readers, look at a page in the sales catalog. Most catalog pages are written to make the horse look good, with emphasis on the sire line and on black type winners in the female family. But those aren't necessarily what catches our eye when we crack open the catalog......
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It's a couple of weeks before your favorite sale, and the catalog has just arrived in your mailbox. You sit down to take a first look through the book, flipping open to the first hip.
Quick: What jumps out? Where did your eyes immediately focus?
For most of us, the answer reveals a lot about our real passions in the Thoroughbred industry.
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