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....

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! ...

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?...

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 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?...

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....

Two of Personal Ensign's five daughters will walk through the ring at Keeneland's November breeding stock sale. ...

We'll begin our daily broodmare study with a Keeneland November offering whose pedigree looks a lot like Dynaformer's....

For the next several weeks, we'll pull a page from one of the fall mixed sales catalogs and analyze the pedigree....

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?...

For this mare, the question "Is this a broodmare?" is one that will have to wait a while.......

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

The yearling season is in full stride, but big events are already developing for the fall breeding stock sales. Today brings news of a dispersal of some of the finest bloodstock in the world....