Cover story by Alan Porter

Yearling Sales Preview

Porter on Pedigrees: Excess of Success, by Alan Porter
In Excess assumes role as major outcross sire

Freshman Sires: First Yearlings Build Anticipation, by Alan Porter
Fusaichi Pegasus leads classy crop

Who's Hot: Unbridled's Classic Empire, by Anne Peters
Sires winners of all three legs of the Triple Crown

Stakes Winners

Across the Pond: New Faces, Familiar Patterns, by Nigel Pullen
Early season classics and trials in Europe

California Dreamin': Another Glorious Gelding, by Ann Ferland
Native Diver was one of the all-time greats

Close Encounters: Nothing to Blush About, by Alan Porter
Bridget Jones one for the diary

Inbreeding: Comparing Dancers to Prospectors, by Matt O'Neil
Different trends in inbreeding to two turf icons

Terrible Twos: It's Deja Vu All Over Again, by Anne Peters
Swiss Yodeler regains his throne in June

Family Ties: A Strikingly Good Cross, by Rommy Faversham
Doubling up on sisters yields a Slew of stakes winners