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• Restoring the Iron Horse

  In this week's edition of The Blood-Horse we present a study that will clear up some facts regarding a question frequently debated in Thoroughbred circles: Is the breed getting weaker? The full report -- all 232 pages of it -- is available for download... Posted Jul 23 2008, 05:23 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Data&Statistics, Soundness&Stamina, In_the_News, Sires, Research_Projects

• 6 Tips to Get More Out of the Stallion Register Online

  Six free tools that can help your breeding program....( read more ) Read More... Posted Jul 17 2008, 02:58 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Online_Tools, Data&Statistics, Sires, Breeding_Tools

• 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

• Top 6 Breed-to-Race Sires in 2008

  Six stallions made the cut and proved themselves the best value for breeders looking to keep and race their foals....( read more ) Read More... Posted Jun 26 2008, 05:16 PM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Data&Statistics, Sires

• 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

• 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