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• Scoped, Scanned, and Sound -- Yearling Sales Prep Update

  The sales repository offers potential bidders some health information about Thoroughbreds being sold at auction. It's part of the sales-prep process to have a foal scoped and x-rayed -- and good results make for happy sellers....( read more ) Read... Posted Sep 03 2008, 04:10 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Scot's_Horses, Equine_Health, Auctions, Yearlings

• 7 Tips for the Keeneland September Yearling Sale

  Some of the secrets revealed in A Guide to Buying Thoroughbreds at the Keeneland September Sale are tips on how to read what the sales catalog page really says ...why timing can be everything ... who should be on your team of advisors ... and how you... Posted Sep 02 2008, 01:26 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Catalog_Pages, Online_Tools, Auctions, Data&Statistics, Yearlings

• November Offers Especially Blue Blood

  The yearling season is in full stride, but big events are already developing for the fall breeding stock sales. Today brings news of a dispersal of some of the finest bloodstock in the world....( read more ) Read More... Posted Aug 11 2008, 12:34 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Auctions, In_the_News, Mares, Bloodstock_Purchases

• Yearling Sales Prep Update

  The Keeneland September yearling sales catalogs are now online. 5,555 hips -- a lot to look through. My colt is progressing through his sales prep and should be looking good by mid-September....( read more ) Read More... Posted Aug 05 2008, 03:33 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Scot's_Horses, Auctions, Yearlings

• Yearling Season Starts Ominously

  Fasig-Tipton July numbers are worrisome for breeders with yearling offerings later in the season. Also, a look at the progeny sales results of my colt's sire and broodmare sire....( read more ) Read More... Posted Jul 16 2008, 10:32 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Scot's_Horses, Auctions, Yearlings

• First Foals -- It's Better to Be a Stallion

  At the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale, buyers wanted the first foals from new stallions, but not necessarily the first foals from new broodmares. And naming a yearling before the sale just might cost you....( read more ) Read More... Posted Jul 16 2008, 04:59 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Auctions, Data&Statistics

• September, Here We Come

  Breeding decisions made in 2006... foals born in 2007... yearling sales in 2008. I've got a colt headed to Keeneland September... follow along with his sales prep and all the joys (and pains) of sending a yearling through the ring....( read more Read... Posted Jun 04 2008, 10:58 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Scot's_Horses, Auctions, Yearlings

• FYI: Free Download for Keeneland April

  Last week, I talked about a few of my favorite pedigrees in the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training. For anyone interested in that sale (or just fascinated by sire lists and anything data-related), The Blood-Horse is offering a free download... Posted Apr 03 2008, 03:16 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Online_Tools, Auctions, 2-Year-Olds, Data&Statistics

• Keeneland April Sale: 10 Days and Counting

  The Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds offers progeny from new sires like Birdstone and Speightstown and Smarty Jones, along with family ties to In Reality and Damascus and Barbaro....( read more ) Read More... Posted Mar 28 2008, 12:50 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Catalog_Pages, Auctions, 2-Year-Olds

• State of the Market: Mixed Bag

  In a recent poll, readers responded to the question “Do you anticipate fewer mares bred in 2008 due to the market downturn?” By a small majority, the answer was “No.” Read the full poll results, and take part in this week's poll on horse ownership... Posted Mar 23 2008, 11:35 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Polls, Auctions

• Free Preview: BloodHorseNOW.com Data Digest

  In my last post, I discussed some of the hips offered at the OBS March Selected Sale of 2-Year-Olds In Training. If you're a subscriber to The Blood-Horse , you probably already know about the Data Digest. This publication comes out about a week before... Posted Mar 14 2008, 12:49 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Online_Tools, Auctions, 2-Year-Olds, Data&Statistics

• 2-Year-Olds, Pulpit, and Pedigrees

  Pulpit and his sons are well-represented at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's select sale of 2-year-olds in training next week. Some of their progeny's dams have interesting stories of their own....( read more ) Read More... Posted Mar 13 2008, 10:44 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Catalog_Pages, Auctions, Sire_Lines, 2-Year-Olds