Cover story by Alan Porter

Early Birds: Sires of Precocious 2 year-olds

Who's Hot: Hitting the Home Run, by Anne Peters
Now at bat, sophmore sire Grand Slam

Close Encounters: Inbreeding Makes a Swift Replica, by Alan Porter
Brother/sister double scores first stakes win for sire

Stakes Winners

Family Ties: Slew's Favorite Nicks: Part II, by Rommy Faversham
Seattle Slew and sons double back for success

Terrible Twos: Grand Slam Shoots Ahead, by Anne Peters
Limehouse wins second stake to move sire forward

On the Market: Two-Year-Old Sales Statistics, by Anne Peters
Meet the yearling-to-juvenile sales improvement index

Inbreeding: Icons Squared, by Matt O'Neil
The current levels of inbreeding for some breed shapers