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B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., has announced a major addition to its roster of stallions (story on BloodHorse.com). The farm, which currently stands four studs, will add a trio of newcomers for the 2009 Thoroughbred breeding season. Spendthrift's current line-up includes: Action This Day (SRO) Don't Get Mad ...

Thoroughbred pedigree analysis is an exciting study.  Even when the horse you're reviewing isn't a big star. BloodHorse.com boasts two of the finest columnists in the industry:  Avalyn Hunter (Mahubah's Corner) and Alan Porter (Porter on Pedigrees) have weekly articles that are both available within the Breeding section of the Web ...

Go to any Thoroughbred sale and you'll see a lot of common elements.  Grooms leading their charges around the sand ovals.  Potential buyers filling out hip request forms.  Bales of sweet-smelling alfalfa lining the shed rows.  The fancy ''shingles'' (signboards) of all the farms and consignors hanging along each sale ...

Flipping through the pages of this week's issue of The Blood-Horse, I did my usual cursory glance at the Horses For Sale section of the classified ads.  One of the entries screamed out ''Lovely Young Dynaformer Mare...'' and I decided to dig a little deeper. Dynaformer (SRO) is one of those stallions who has been under-appreciated for much ...

Darley's got the Street to itself. In addition to standing Street Cry (IRE) (SRO) at its Kentucky and Australia divisions since 2003, Darley America added that sire's son Street Sense (SRO) to its stallion offerings for 2008.  Now another son, Street Boss (pedigree), will join the same roster. (Story on BloodHorse.com.)  All Streets ...

The blog that forms part of the TrueNicks pedigree rating service is the latest addition to The Blood-Horse's highly successful Blog Stable. Written by respected pedigree authority Alan Porter as well as industry participant Byron Rogers and the team at TrueNicks, this blog covers matters relating to the pedigrees of our ...

The practice of submitting veterinary examination findings to the sales repository is now almost obligatory when selling a foal at public auction.  Many buyers won't even look at a yearling or 2-year-old if radiographs and a respiratory scope are not on file. Certainly at the mid-to-high end of the market, a foal being offered without this ...

The Blood-Horse and TrueNicks have released a useful guide to the top seven tips that will help you select winners at the fall yearling sales. With Keeneland's uber-sale only days away, you don't want to miss out on your free copy of this special report. Some of the secrets revealed in A Guide to Buying Thoroughbreds at the Keeneland September ...

One of my favorites for this year's Derby was Anak Nakal (pedigree) -- and four months later, he proved to be Derby-quality. Well... Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II), anyway.  (Pennsylvania Derby write-up.) I wrote briefly about Anak Nakal a couple of times (here and here) before this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).  ...

On a day when the world loudly celebrates a couple of all-American political campaigns -- the Obama/Biden ticket is now official and McCain/Palin is today's big news -- I thought it would be fun to look at an aptly-named Thoroughbred whose influence on the breed is growing every year. Quiet American (SRO) is of course the sire of 1998 Triple ...