When I wrote a pedigree review of 2010 Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) winner Dangerous Midge ( profile , pedigree ) for this week's issue of The Blood-Horse , I focused my 500 words on the La Troienne female family. I looked specifically at the overall influence of the 1962 Hail to Reason...
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sgillies
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11-09-2010
Hip #2890 ( catalog page , pedigree ), a 7-year-old mare named MINADO , sells Mon., Nov. 15, 2010 at the Keeneland November mixed sale. Thoroughbred female family: 23-b Race record: Unraced. Produce record: dam of 3 foals, 2 of racing age, 1 raced, 1 winner, 0 stakes winners. Sale history: $185,000 as...
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sgillies
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11-02-2010
Hip #3886 ( catalog page , pedigree ), an 11-year-old mare named ANNUAL DUES , sells Thurs., Nov. 18, 2010 at the Keeneland November mixed sale Thoroughbred female family: 1-c Race record: 10 starts, 2 wins, 4 seconds, 0 thirds. Earned $94,919. Produce record: dam of 7 foals, 5 of racing age, 3 raced...
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sgillies
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10-26-2010
Ask me how much I'd be willing to pay for a Juddmonte mare-- any Juddmonte mare--and I wouldn't hesitate to close out my 401k and give you the PIN to my debit card. And I'd still be getting the better end of the deal by far. Pretty much, if she comes from Juddmonte's broodmare band, she's one of the...
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sgillies
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10-25-2010
Hip #1350 ( catalog page , pedigree ), an 8-year-old mare named SPRING , sells Fri., Nov. 12, 2010 at the Keeneland November mixed sale Thoroughbred female family: 7-a Race record: Unraced Produce record: dam of four foals, two of racing age, two winners, one stakes-placed. Sale history: $45,000 as a...
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sgillies
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10-20-2010
Many pedigree pundits mourn the loss of Barbaro from the perspective of his sire-line legacy: he would have been heir apparent to Dynaformer. (I'm still partial to Purim to fill this role.) But Barbaro also was the best representative of an outstanding female family, that of La Reine Rouge. La Reine...
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sgillies
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10-12-2010
In my introduction yesterday ( Thoroughbred Breeding Stock Sales Approaching ), I mentioned that I would profile several sale mares in the lead-up to the bloodstock auctions. I thought it appropriate to start out by looking to the 2010 MarketWatch Broodmare of the Year candidates ( download it free at...
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sgillies
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10-06-2010
If you ask me, the month of November in central Kentucky is an early Christmas. It starts out November 7 when Fasig-Tipton has its premier mixed sale. It's perhaps the one U.S. sale guaranteed to attract top breeders worldwide each year, and it appears to have a few additional bits to look forward to...
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sgillies
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10-05-2010
Undefeated in 19 starts, Peppers Pride won 14 stakes and was a four-time champion in New Mexico. Bred and raced by Joseph Allen, Peppers Pride raced at four different tracks in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment. She was trained by Joel Marr. A fan favorite, Peppers Pride was retired after her last...
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Bret Walker
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09-03-2010
I mentioned in my last post that while I was on site at Lane’s End Farm "life got even sweeter". Well, that's because I got the opportunity to photograph Sweet Life, dam of Life Is Sweet , and champion Sweet Catomine . Sweet Life was named the 2009 Broodmare of the Year, so it was quite an honor. Order...
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Blood-Horse Staff
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08-27-2010