The Five-Cross Files : Is This a Broodmare?

Is This a Broodmare? -- Stakes-Winning Stroll Filly Runs for a Tag

sgillies — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:30:00 GMT

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

Beyond Perfection Saves Best for Last

sgillies — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:30:00 GMT

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?...(read more)

Can You Pick the Better Broodmare?

sgillies — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:45:00 GMT

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?...(read more)

Is This a Broodmare? -- Stakes Producer in Michigan

sgillies — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:15:00 GMT

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?...(read more)

Black Type-Producing Stakes-Placed Mare From Boudoir Line -- Free

sgillies — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:05:00 GMT

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. ...(read more)

Five-Cross Mare Back at the Track

sgillies — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

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

Is This a Broodmare -- Donnova

sgillies — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:54:00 GMT

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....(read more)

Is This a Broodmare -- Howl At the Moon

sgillies — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:15:00 GMT

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....(read more)

Is This a Broodmare: Stellar Time

sgillies — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:08:00 GMT

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

Is This a Broodmare, Take II

sgillies — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:31:00 GMT

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

Is This a Broodmare?

sgillies — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:45:00 GMT

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?...(read more)