Two-year-old Thoroughbred horses are still foals in late winter and early spring. Many aren't even fully two years old when they're entered in 2-year-olds in training sales. And then worked faster than...
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The Five-Cross Files has been around for a year now, making this the perfect time to take things full-circle. We started out by exploring the pages of a sales catalog for "revelations" ( Revelations of...
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When BloodHorse.com carries a headline stating " Downward Spiral Continues " and reports that a fairly prominent auction was down over 66% in daily revenue, you know that the Thoroughbred bloodstock market...
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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...
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Filtering through Thoroughbred racing and breeding data day in and day out is -- there's no other way to say it, so I'm going to be frank here -- really, truly, spectacularly fun. And working on the most...
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Back when the Keeneland November catalogs came out, I spent a lot of time perusing the offerings, and one that was offered on Day 11 -- today! -- caught my eye. She seemed to be poorly placed, as far as...
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Several weeks ago, I started a poll asking whether it's a good time to be buying bloodstock. Over 61% of you said that you would at least consider purchasing a broodmare if you could find a good deal ...
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Whether you use "damsire" or "broodmare sire" or "maternal grandsire" or "family sire" -- and each term holds shades of meaning -- the goal of bloodstock buyers is to find mares by stallions that shine...
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Much has been said about the prospects for 2007 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour , who will be sold at this year's Fasig-Tipton November sale. ( News story , Hammer Time blog post ) What...
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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...
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