Over the Memorial weekend, I flew from Lexington up to Pennsylvania to pick up my truck and trailer and -- more importantly -- two of my mares. Back in mid-April I'd made the reverse trip: I drove up to...
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Part of equine welfare is quality of life . News stories on the subject tend to focus on the welfare of racehorses at the track, and it's no surprise: these are the horses in the public eye. The welfare...
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Giant's Causeway ( TrueNicks , SRO ) had no luck with his son Hold Me Back in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), but he was still represented by a weekend classic winner when his daughter...
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Less than a month after a surprising second-place finish in her season-opening prep race, champion filly Proud Spell ( profile ) was retired, moved home, and put into broodmare service. A homebred for...
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You've probably read all of their names at some point or other during the past year. A few might be longtime favorites whose pedigrees appear immediately in your mind's eye; others are perhaps more vague...
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When possible, I plan for foals to be born in mid-March. It's still fairly early in the season so they'll be good-sized yearlings, but by the middle of March we're usually out of the worst that Winter...
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A month before he took the big prize in one of the most exciting Kentucky Derby races in recent memory, I mentioned Big Brown as an interesting sire prospect. His pedigree is brilliant, and offers promise...
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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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The second round has just begun in the current auction cycle of Thoroughbred breeding stock sales. If the ongoing OBS Mixed Sale is any indication, it's a buyer's market, and anyone looking to purchase...
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