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In a recent poll, readers responded to  the question ''Do you anticipate fewer mares bred in 2008 due to the market downturn?''  By a small majority, the answer was ''No.''  28.95% of responses indicated ''No, the market really isn't so bad,'' which was punctuated quite nicely by last weeks' record-setting OBS sale of ...

With nearly six weeks until the Kentucky Derby and only eight major preps remaining, it is not too early to start looking at the one thing that is most important when it comes to who will be starting on May 3: Graded earnings. Because the Derby is limited to 20 horses, preference is given to those with the most graded earnings. That means, if ...

Cometh the hour, cometh the man... or so the saying goes and in Australia it seems that the hour is arriving for a stallion or sire line to stand up and be counted when it comes to the next leading sire. With a broodmare population that, at least from a commercial aspect, is becoming laden with Danzig and his prolific son Danehill, it is fast ...

In a previous post, Alan discussed the success of Honour Devil, a son of shuttle sire Honour and Glory out of a Fitzcarraldo (ARG) mare, and noted that it was part of a broader cross that involved another son of Relaunch in Slew Gin Fizz. On Saturday, the Relaunch/Fitzcarraldo cross, already a TrueNicks A+ rating, came up with its first grade I ...

Venturing out one night during the winter Keeneland auctions, I met a friend and co worker of Lane's End Oaktree division, while she was working. I was invited to hang out and saw my visit as an opportunity to learn about the breeding process for Thoroughbred horses. Now I get the basics of breeding, as sex isn't really too hard to understand, but ...

Over the weekend, I took a short road trip to look at a potential mate for one of my broodmares.  This is the first time that I'm contemplating a ''breed to race'' mating instead of a commercial match, and considerations certainly differ between the two end goals.  I've tended to support less-mainstream sire lines when breeding for the ...

The success of the Unbridled/Storm Cat - and particularly the Unbridled's Song/Storm Cat - cross is one that has been well documented. Now there may well be an emerging nick between Unbridled-line stallions and another branch of the Northern Dancer line. This cross stepped into the limelight this weekend, when the Honeybee Stakes (gr. III) was ...