Proud Spell ( pedigree ), winner of today's $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I), is a representative of family 4-m. Her distant cousin, family 4-k member Music Note ( pedigree ), finished a neck behind in Saratoga's historic race ( full race coverage here ). Croft's Spinster (a.k.a. the Widdrington Mare...

The 4-year-old Kingmambo colt Archipenko ( pedigree ) makes a great case for those breeders who believe an older mare can still produce a quality foal. Bound, a 1984 daughter of Nijinski II and the incomparable mare Special, was a fine runner -- a stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed earner...

BloodHorse.com experiences a predictable and understandable bump in traffic in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby. * This year, fans would need to set aside a whole day to see all of the content available on the Web site. I've mentioned my friend Jason Shandler's Triple Crown Talk blog and the...