Pedigree patterns make this mare close relatives with Fappiano and Ogygian and Quiet American and Honour and Glory. But is she the kind of mare you'd want in the breeding shed in 2011?...

Great female family? Check. Up-and-coming sire? Check. Multiple winner? Black type? Available for cheap? Check, check, and check....

Beyond Perfection was barren three times, slipped three more, and produced one dead foal (along with five less-than-impressive runners) before being booked to Candy Ride in 2005. The resulting grade II winner indicates the trouble was worth it -- but was it a good breeding decision?...

Presented here are two mares that are similarly-priced, with stakes-winning dams and a couple of foals on the ground. So which one is the better deal?...

She's an unraced mare out of an unplaced dam, and she's in Michigan. But the family is top-tier and she's already a stakes producer. Does Charedi's Gold stay in the broodmare band or is she a classic cull?...

This Thoroughbred mare descends from a great family, she's put black type on her catalog page herself and through a previous foal, and she's FREE. ...

Surgeglobal -- a mare from a hard-knocking family -- hits the track today after a two-year hiatus from racing....

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....

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....

This time we look at a mare being offered off the track in Maryland. Does she cut it as a broodmare prospect?...

Another look at a broodmare offering -- this time one with the bluest of blood but a couple of red flags on her pedigree page....

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?...