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February 2008 - Posts

• Too Much Winter
  Feb 25 2008, 09:20 AM

  Around the beginning of February, my wrists are ready for springtime. By that part of winter, I've gotten my hands soaked, breaking ice from the thermal waterers, in the frigid cold and biting wind, more times than I can count. I've pitched hay... Posted by The Five-Cross Files with no comments Filed under: Scot's_Horses, Equine_Health, Farm_Facilities

• Bumping Up Against Deadline
  Feb 15 2008, 12:06 PM

  The Jockey Club gives one year from the actual foaling date to register Thoroughbreds with the American Stud Book. I’d like to see the rule changed to allow registration up to the end of the yearling year. My best argument is that the photos that accompany... Posted by The Five-Cross Files with no comments Filed under: Foals, Recordkeeping

• Revelations of the Catalog Page, part I
  Feb 11 2008, 02:52 PM

  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... Posted by The Five-Cross Files with no comments Filed under: Catalog_Pages