July 2009 - Posts
The glorious Saratoga race meeting is now underway -- which means that the highly successful Fasig Tipton Saratoga Select and New York-bred yearling sales are just around the corner. TrueNicks has you covered!...
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In part II of a short series, guest writer Dr. Robert Fishman continues his account of breeding black type winner Girlfrienontheside. Here, he offers background information about the half-siblings of her dam, his homebred mare Refrain....
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Two sons of Carson City are among the freshman sires recently represented by their first stakes winners....
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In Ireland's weekend group I Phoenix Stakes, it was one Danehill Dancer after another....
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A successful Thoroughbred breeder guest-writes a series of posts describing how he developed a recent stakes winner through two generations of matings....
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Twelve graded stakes were run in North America over the weekend, and as the results came in it seemed as if you didn't have a Storm Cat-line horse, you were out of luck. When final results were tallied, runners from that line mopped up seven of those contests....
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It's been several years since we have had a crop of sires that look as though they are able to dominate the breeding population. Current second-crop sires appear ready to fill the void as several old stalwarts are pensioned....
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For a decade, Dynaformer produced clear evidence that he didn't cross particularly well with Mr. Prospector-line mares. But a change in his mates' physical types has upset the pattern....
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Progeny of second-crop sire Speightstown have been building up black type....
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Plan to attend the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale later this month? Check out TrueNicks scores here!...
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