November 2008 - Posts
Alan Porter responds to a reader's question about line-breeding to Northern Dancer and Nasrullah, and comments on inbreeding in general. In addition to co-founding TrueNicks, Alan is a pedigree expert who frequently discusses inbreeding and has a regular column on the subject ("Close Encounters") in the TBH MarketWatch newsletter (incorporating the previous Owner-Breeder International)....
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I had some fun coming up with potential mates for the great mare Hasili (IRE). Now it's your turn, readers: pick your favorite mare (from your own herd or from the racing headlines) and run a FREE hypothetical mating against any of the 300+ subscribed stallions on TrueNicks. What's the best rating you can produce?...
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Country Life Farm in Maryland has had success developing top-tier stallions. The farm's current offerings include No Armistice, Oratory, and Parker's Storm Cat....
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Empire Maker has shown success with some specific patterns of breeding....
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Alan responds to a reader's question about a specific pedigree nick between a son of Storm Bird and the Ahonoora-line Indian Ridge....
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Three Chimneys introduces two highly-anticipated new stallions for the 2009 breeding season....
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The Storm Cat stallion Storm Creek has a couple of recent stakes-winning progeny that make it worth looking at his stud career. He gets racehorses as both a sire and damsire....
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Thoroughbred stallion Dehere has moved from Kentucky to Australia to Japan, and made the circuit complete in 2006 when he returned to Kentucky. His success as a racehorse sire is laudable, but it's his broodmare daughters that are really establishing his legacy....
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Dutchess View Farm, which stands its own stallions as well as Questroyal Stud sires, gives New York breeders the opportunity to run free Thoroughbred hypothetical nicking reports for their mares....
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Nicks don't always pass through generations. Physical type might be one reason A.P. Indy -- who generally nicks well with Mr. Prospector-line mares -- hasn't crossed especially well with Gone West....
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The Keystone State boasts a Thoroughbred stallion operation that features race-proven sires. Fox Tale Stud offers free nick reports for its full stallion roster....
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The first Oklahoma stud farm to join TrueNicks has a roster that includes several new names....
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Taylor Made has risen to tremendous success since first introducing Unbridled's Song in 1997....
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Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Farm boasts nine stallions in central Kentucky....
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The impressive Airdrie Stud roster is now available for complimentary TrueNicks reports....
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Several new stallions started service at Elite Thoroughbreds in 2008 -- including Brahms, Osidy, My Friend Max, Royal Strand, and Gentlemen (ARG). These stallions joined Elite sires Buzzy's Gold, Good and Tough, My Friend Max, Native Regent, Rahy's Secret, Rodeo, Roger That, Rossini, and Wildcat Shoes to round out one of Louisiana's best-regarded stallion stations....
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