We're back in Ocala for today's broodmare pedigree review pick. Lisa the Great is one of the first hips through the ring during the Consignor Preferred listings (Day 1) part of the sale. Some stats on...
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For today's Thoroughbred broodmare sales catalog offering, let's travel about 750 miles down I-75 South from Lexington's Keeneland sales pavilion to the Ocala Breeders' Sales complex in Ocala. Better remind...
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It's not every day that the oppotunity arises to purchase a daughter of the incomparable Personal Ensign. At the Keeneland November sale, though, it happens twice. Personal Ensign ( pedigree ) is one of...
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It's no secret that Thoroughbred sales have seen a down market in 2008, and I expect that the autumn breeding stock season will experience a similar trend. I plan to benefit from the situation by adding...
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October is less than two days away, and with the change of month comes the release of the Keeneland November sales catalog. For a Thoroughbred pedigree geek like me, the autumn breeding stock sales season...
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Watch out -- what seems to be a lot of discordant topics will merge by the end of the post -- I promise! AIRDRIE STALLIONS Airdrie Stud stands a large roster of stallions that offer value to breed-to-race...
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Flipping through the pages of this week's issue of The Blood-Horse , I did my usual cursory glance at the Horses For Sale section of the classified ads . One of the entries screamed out "Lovely Young Dynaformer...
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This autumn, we'll have no shortage of broodmares to evaluate -- the limitation will be how much time we can spend perusing the myriad breeding stock sale catalogs! In the meantime, there are many other...
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Four weeks ago, we looked at a Thoroughbred mare named Surgeglobal and discussed whether she was broodmare quality. I thought you might like an update from the mare's seller: Thanks so much for taking...
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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...
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