The summer of 2017 saw the publication of a scientific paper titled "Y Chromosome Uncovers the Recent Oriental Origin of Modern Stallions" with the outcomes found in this paper covered by Eric Mitchell in the Blood Horse that year. The paper at the time, while generally a broad discussion about the origins of the equine breed, did raise some questions about our understanding of sire lines in the Thoroughbred...
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This morning you may see that we have extended the computations of the Coefficient of Inbreeding and Coefficient of Relatedness to 10 generations. These coefficients were previously calculated over 8 and 6 generations respectively and were done to that generation previously due to computational restrictions, i.e, the speed of the computers and the frequency of TrueNicks requests being run had an effect...
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There are successful nicks that are tried only a handful of times, but what about those that are tried often, and still remain successful? We take a look at the nicks that can only be described as "mega"....
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Dosage, A concept with its origins dating 100 years ago, has outlived its usefulness. Alan Porter explains why TrueNicks is set to drop Dosage from its reports in the new year....
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Sires with their oldest 3-year-olds can fall in and out of favor as breeders wait to see if they have the potential to be long term stars....
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A group of hot young sires have hit the market in Kentucky for 2015. Alan Porter previews their pedigrees....
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The Bruce Lowe #1 family of Tregonwell's Natural Barb is one of the more populous in the Thoroughbred breed. But exactly how much is actually from the same mare? Mitochondrial DNA gives us the answers....
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The first-season sires in Australasia look an interesting bunch, headed by the sire lines being established by two sons of Danehill in Fastnet Rock and Redoute's Choice....
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Stallion talent tends to come in clusters and it is evident again with the group of Street Sense, Hard Spun, Scat Daddy, English Channel and Discreet Cat whose fifth crop of yearlings sell at Saratoga...
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Forty-seven South African stallions are now available on TrueNicks....
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The quality of the mares that are bred to a stallion have a measurable effect on their production of stakes winners....
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The dam's own Class Performance Index suggests her likelihood of producing superior runners....
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The classic winners share three of four grandparents: Cape Cross, Sadler's Wells, and Urban Sea....
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Full brothers are often used in nicking patterns as substitutes for one another, but why does one nick work with one brother and not another?...
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It hasn't taken long for the second-season sires of 2014 to make their presence felt, and already four of them have been represented grade I winners. Alan Porter discusses the influence of Unbridled on this crop....
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The recent gr.III winner Miss Steele raises the case again for using judicious inbreeding when faced with stock of moderate ability. Alan Porter discusses how inbreeding can be used to great effect....
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The mare Cameron's Buddy presented a unique challenge for her owner when deciding on a mate. Alan Porter explains how the Key Ancestors Report with Analysis was able to find an optimal mating for the mare....
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Getting the distance in the Kentucky Derby is as much about class as it is about pedigree. Here are the TrueNicks Enhanced Reports to make your pedigree picks....
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The European third-crop sires are a solid bunch of stallions that is headed by the Darley stallion New Approach....
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The Australian Easter Yearling Sale is right around the corner and Alan Porter takes a look at the first crop sires at that sale....
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Alan Porter discusses popular grade I nicks and suggests how to interpret these high-performing crosses....
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Galileo's sire Sadler's Wells was leading sire in England and Ireland for 13 straight years. Can Galileo equal or even better his sire's record?...
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Photos and comments on a several lots from the Jan. 23-24 Cape Premier Yearling Sale in Cape Town, South Africa....
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With the Eclipse Awards approaching, we looked at the TrueNicks ratings for the top contenders in each major division....
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It might be a paradox that the title of 2013 leading sire came down to a hard-fought battle between a champion turf horse and a champion sprinter....
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