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This week we have a guest post from Michelle Kinane ( @MichelleKinane ) on the wonderful Jacobs family stallion Silvano. Michelle is a young pedigree enthusiast based in Ireland and has her own blog which can be found here . Photo: Maine Chance Farms Silvano (Lomitas—Spirit of Eagles, by Beau's Eagle) Owned and bred by Dr. Andreas Jacobs' Gestüt Fährhof, Silvano...
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John Donnelly , an employee of Darley America and keen pedigree student, has penned the following guest post for TrueNicks. He takes a slightly different look at the influence of Northern Dancer on the Epsom Derby. With the 50th anniversary of Northern Dancer's birth, May 27, 1961, just recently passing, and the Epsom Derby being run and won, we thought that...
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Editor's note : Dr. Robert Fishman shares his story about breeding recent stakes winner Girlfrienontheside . Earlier in the series (see part I , part II , part III , and part IV ), we read about how Dr. FIshman bred her dam, Refrain, and then followed along as Refrain was bred several times to some top sires. In the previous installment (part IV) , Girlfrienontheside...
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Editor's note : Dr. Robert Fishman shares his story about breeding recent stakes winner Girlfrienontheside . We've read of the breeding considerations that resulted in her dam, Refrain (see part I , part II , and part III of the series). Here we continue the story, picking up with the stakes-winner as a newly-born filly, and also find out how her dam, Refrain...
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Editor's note : Dr. Robert Fishman shares his story about breeding recent stakes winner Girlfrienontheside . We've read of the breeding considerations that resulted in her dam, Refrain (see part I and part II of the series). Here we follow along as Refrain is retired to broodmare duties. Refrain became a broodmare and was covered before Lifestyle's first start...
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Editor's note : In part I of the series , Dr. Robert Fishman, breeder of recent stakes winner Girlfrienontheside , discussed his choice to breed his mare Inlaw to Unbridled's Song -- a mating that resulted in Refrain, dam of Girlfrienontheside. Follow along as Dr. Fishman continues the story. I bred Inlaw next to first-year stallion Indian Charlie ( TrueNicks...
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Editor's note : Dr. Robert Fishman, breeder of recent stakes winner Girlfrienontheside , graciously accepted a request from TrueNicks' Byron Rogers to recount the pedigree considerations that resulted in the filly. Girfrienontheside is by Indian Charlie ( TrueNicks , SRO ) out of the Unbridled's Song ( TrueNicks , SRO ) mare Refrain. She won the Crank It Up Stakes...
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