Tragically, Horse of the Year Saint Liam died after serving only a year at stud. The offspring of this late-developer where not expected to be precocious, but with his first crop two-year-olds of 2009 he has at least one horse who might extend his legacy. click here to read more….

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Well, he would say that wouldn’t he? That to paraphrase – and give a popular misrendering  of – a famous saying is probably the cynics reaction to our contention that professional pedigree research is an essential element of a consistently successful breeding operation. From personal experience, I know that keeping up with pedigree trends, and the latest major winners is a near full-time job, even when specializing this kind of work. Therefore, it’s not generally a reasonable expectation that farm managers and racehorse breeders will as be pedigree specialists. Thus, our contention that planning matings is a role where professional consultation is very important, just as are other matters usual dealt with by outside contractors, such as veterinary and farrier services. click here to read more….

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Tiznow’s current two-year-olds are from the first crop sired following a freshman year that was highlighted by Folklore’s victory in the 2005 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I). Since Folklore was out of a mare by Storm Cat, it doesn’t take a genius to work out that breeders with good Storm Cat mares were going to beat a path to Tiznow’s door in 2006.

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Graded stakes winning sprinter, Noonmark has been retired and will stand at Sequel Stallions at Keane Stud, near Amenia, New York. Noonmark will be first stallion for a new Sequel partnership consisting of principals Becky Thomas and Denis Narlinger along with prominent breeders Chester Broman, Tony Grey, and Lewis Lakin. He will be co-managed by Becky Thomas and Chris Bernhard of Hidden Lake Farm. The deal was brokered by Pedigree Consultants, LLC. click here to read more….

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South African Karel Miedema, editor of the Sporting Post in South Africa, is a well known pedigree authority in those parts and frequent visitor to the Pedigree Consultants web site. Karel has kindly written a guest post about one of his favorite subjects, the concept of “kin-breeding” in pedigrees which he discusses below. Our thanks to Karel for sending us this post.

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In the U.S. the post-Breeders’ Cup weekend activity was notable for some interesting sire activity for some freshman, and some notable stakes doubles by some less expensive stallions.

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