Thanks for Comments and Apologies for Absence

First, a big thanks to the two comments I received, and my apologies for not replying to them earlier. Obviously, keeping up a blog while working full-time on a "real" job is harder than it looks! Another reason for my absence the past few months is that I have striven to avoid posting information on stallions or racehorses that have been posted in the major publications or blogs elsewhere. I want to be try to be unique, yet obviously there has to be a bit of information available elsewhere on the thoroughbred in question in order to do the research. After a major stakes win, I waited until the dust settled from the other publications before considering a new posting. With the Breeder's Cup generating information everywhere, that proved to be difficult. And, as one comment pointed out, this blog requires quite a bit of research to get the job done. Plus, I'm anal about accuracy of research. (My first master's degree was in library science, after all.) Plus, of course, there's that little thing called a "full-time job" and "life" getting in the way! Hopefully, I can devote a bit of time again to this blog.

In the meantime, if any of you would like to see a posting devoted to a specific thoroughbred, please let me know! And thanks for reading!

Early Christmas Presents

Kudos to both The Blood-Horse and competitor Thoroughbred Times for continuing to issue their stallion directories, the Stallion Register and the Stallion Directory, respectively, in print format to their subscribers. Both arrive at about the same time and both are treated by me as early Christmas presents. While some may question the wisdom of a printed directory that must be kept up to date constantly online, it remains a simple pleasure to thumb through these massive volumes. I work in technology, and I obviously use technology while posting this blog. However, my first profession of being a librarian obviously implies a certain love of books as well. You miss the serendipity of stumbling across a previously unknown sire while thumbing through these books. Congratulations to both publishers for keeping up this tradition, and let's hope the tradition continues, despite the financial pressures that are likely present to do otherwise.