pedigree analysis

After a decade at Four Star Sales as their director of bloodstock, Ashley Franz will join Warrendale Sales as a bloodstock sales associate, the group announced via press release. "Ashley started with Four Star when she was just out of college and has truly become a very accomplished horsewoman," said Four Star's Kerry Cauthen. "She will be sorely missed, both professionally and as a great friend to us all, but we couldn't be prouder of her accomplishments with us and those that are still to come in her future." Franz...

I've never understood this business of Dry January--the one month when those of us who take a glass of cheer are most grateful for a little respite from the dark and cold. Okay, maybe not a problem in California, but those of you battling all that snow and ice will surely see the merit of Dry February instead. It's shorter, for a start; and ends with the days lengthening and spring tangibly in the air. It's perfectly natural, however, for stallions to have a dry January. Certainly nobody will be...

There was a famous t.v. commercial in the 1970s where Victor Kiam tells the audience that he was a dedicated `wet shaver' until his wife bought him a Remington electric shaver. He was so impressed, he says, he bought the company. John Stewart knows how Kiam felt. "When I first got into the industry back in 2023, I was looking for tools and so I went through the traditional ones, nicks and all the different tools," said Stewart. "And then I started going into pedigrees, looking at all the different...