If you're on any of the Thoroughbred readers forums or state breeding association mailing lists, this is the time of year when you're probably receiving multiple notifications of stallion season auctions. Many of these sales of sire seasons are charitable -- the proceeds benefit a state breeders organization...

Here's the scenario : you have the opportunity to purchase a mare carrying a foal that is guaranteed to be a winner. In fact, the foal is even guaranteed to earn more than its training, feed, and veterinary costs. Profit! Here's the catch : the foal's dam shouldn't be bred again and will need to be retired...

The breeding stock sales in late 2008 and early 2009 are the end of an era for one of North America's top sires. This marks the final sales season when Storm Cat ( SRO ) will be represented as a covering sire. Following a breeding season in which he displayed declining fertility, Overbrook Farm announced...