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Keeneland April Sale: 10 Days and Counting

Keeneland's April sale of 2-year-olds in training will start in about 10 days (previews on April 7, followed by sale dates April 8-9). While I'm still not in the market for racing stock, I'm always eager to see what's being offered. This year's catalog had some interesting pedigrees. I dog-eared about...

Posted to The Five-Cross Files (Weblog) by sgillies on 03-28-2008
2-Year-Olds, Pulpit, and Pedigrees

I'm not in the market for a 2-year-old. My interest lies in breeding; when I get to the point of bringing a horse to the track on my own, it'll probably be one that I've bred. No, I'm not in the market for a 2-year-old. But if I were, and the OBS select sale was my venue, I think I'd have to look towards...

Posted to The Five-Cross Files (Weblog) by sgillies on 03-13-2008
Poll Update: Catalog Choices.

A signifcant plurality of readers -- 47.62%, to be specific -- responded to my recent poll that the dam or female family is the most important "weed-out" data when examining a sales catalog. It's sure the way that I go myself. I actually keep a list of mares that I watch for each time a new catalog comes...

Posted to The Five-Cross Files (Weblog) by sgillies on 03-05-2008
Revelations of the Catalog Page, part I

It's a couple of weeks before your favorite sale, and the catalog has just arrived in your mailbox. You sit down to take a first look through the book, flipping open to the first hip. Quick: What jumps out? Where did your eyes immediately focus? For most of us, the answer reveals a lot about our real...

Posted to The Five-Cross Files (Weblog) by sgillies on 02-11-2008

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Poll Update: Catalog Choices.

Revelations of the Catalog Page, part I