Identify Thoroughbred Mares Carrying Foals With Promise

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:48 PM

The second round has just begun in the current auction cycle of Thoroughbred breeding stock sales. If the ongoing OBS Mixed Sale is any indication, it's a buyer's market, and anyone looking to purchase a broodmare has a great chance to find a bargain -- if he knows what he's looking for. Byron Rogers, Alan Porter, and the rest of the TrueNicks pedigree rating... Read More...

Written by sgillies | Jan 07, 2009 | 7 Comments

Filed under: Announcements, Pedigrees and Breeding, Auctions and Sales, Mares, Sires

TrueNicks Special Report on Emerging Broodmare Sires

Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:56 PM

Byron and I -- along with the rest of the team at TrueNicks and with the help of The Blood-Horse MarketWatch -- combed through the data and developed a special report titled Top 10 Emerging Thoroughbred Broodmare Sires at the Keeneland November Sale . It was a very interesting white paper to develop -- and there are some good opportunities at the upcoming sales... Read More...

Written by Alan Porter 1 | Oct 30, 2008 | 6 Comments

Filed under: Broodmare Sire Lines, Pedigrees and Breeding, Auctions and Sales

Freshman Report Card for Keeneland April Sale

Friday, April 04, 2008 8:04 AM

Alan analyzes first-crop sires of 2-year-olds represented at the Keeneland April sale in a featured article in The Blood-Horse Data Digest (preview below). If you'd like to follow along in the Keeneland catalog while reading, it's available here . Coming into the Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale, TrueNicks turns its eye on the freshman sire class... Read More...

Written by admin | Apr 04, 2008 | 0 Comments

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TrueNicks Top 10 for OBS March

Monday, March 17, 2008 1:03 PM

Topping the charts is hip #308, a colt from the second crop of Zavata ( TrueNicks , SRO ), out of the Pine Bluff mare Fair Miss, a half sister to Irish stakes winner Steaming Home, from the family of Corporate Report. Bred on the Phone Trick/Pine Bluff cross that has also produced stakes winners Who's Happy and Call Me Wild, this colt is also inbred to Mr. Prospector... Read More...

Written by admin | Mar 17, 2008 | 0 Comments

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Top 10 at Barretts March Sale

Friday, March 07, 2008 10:03 AM

With the Barretts March Sale of 2-year-olds in training coming up next week, TrueNicks turns the spotlight on the West Coast, with some notes on the TrueNicks top 10 rated horses in the sale. The highest rated sale horse, hip #49, is bred for speed, being a son of grade I winning sprinter Trippi. Out of Meteoric, a daughter of Pentelicus who set a track-record... Read More...

Written by admin | Mar 07, 2008 | 0 Comments

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Sky Mesa Colt's Speed is No Surprise

Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:02 PM

Fastest work at the under tack show for Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton Calder 2-Year-Old in Training sale was a colt by Sky Mesa ( TrueNicks , SRO ) out of Secondary School, by Honor Grades. The colt - who broke the 10-second mark - is rated an A+ by TrueNicks on the basis of the Pulpit/Danzig cross, but has several other interesting pedigree features. The foremost of... Read More...

Written by admin | Feb 24, 2008 | 0 Comments

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Keeneland January Preview: Day Seven

Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:01 AM

Alan Porter has been asked to preview each day of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. His comments appear on BloodHorseNOW.com , including a special page in that publication’s daily PDF newsletter, which is distributed each day at the salegrounds. As part of Alan’s notes, he has provided a Top 10 list of the short yearlings offered each day, and another... Read More...

Written by admin | Jan 13, 2008 | 0 Comments

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