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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

• Hay You Guys

  It's been a rough year for a lot of horse owners, with hay prices reaching record levels -- and that's if you can find any available. In addition to bemoaning the situation, I'm trying to figure out a way to avoid the same problem next year... Posted Mar 31 2008, 10:52 AM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Scot's_Horses, Equine_Health, Farm_Facilities

• Too Much Winter

  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 Feb 25 2008, 09:20 AM by The Five-Cross Files Filed under: Scot's_Horses, Equine_Health, Farm_Facilities