April 2009 - Posts
In a big weekend for Cal-breds, two sires had a particularly good time....
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Alan explores a racehorse sire offering great value, and looks at the further deeds of a Thoroughbred female family that is currently on fire....
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New Zealand's historic Haunui Farm becomes the first Southern Hemisphere farm to subscribe its sire roster to TrueNicks, allowing breeders to run complimentary matings with the stallions Iffraaj, Elusive City, and Don Eduardo....
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The Kentucky Cup Juvenile (gr. III) offers the first shot at serious black-type for 2-year-olds, and as such we thought it interesting to have a look at the TrueNick ratings for a field of stakes contenders that have yet to earn black type. ...
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There seems to be, at least in Europe, a strong genetic tie between the former stablemates Danehill and Sadler’s Wells....
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A rich race at Charles Town, inbreeding to Mr. Prospector and his brothers, and the broodmare sire influence of Nantallah all factor in to this gelding's successes....
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Whoever thought that this cross would work? What seems to be a mismatch has proved itself with several excellent runners....
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Pulpit is firmly established as one of A.P. Indy's hottest sire-making sons, as evidenced by a couple of weekend stakes results....
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Midships pulls off a win in the 14-furlong San Juan Capistrano (gr. IIT) to add an exclamation point to the emerging Mizzen Mast/Northern Dancer nick....
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Big wins for Monarchos' progeny put the spotlight on his sire, Maria's Mon, who seems to like the cross of two stallion full brothers......
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The filly that ended Stardom Bound's grade I streak has a fascinating pedigree with some unlikely roots....
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An emerging nick and some interesting inbreeding patterns are evident in a couple of grade I-winning 4-year-olds from the weekend....
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German and American bloodlines had an international audience this weekend when they were represented by French graded winners....
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We thought that it was worthwhile going back and taking a look at the 2008 OBS March sale of 2-year-olds to examine the horses that rated well with TrueNicks from that sale. ...
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