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Kentucky Juvenile Stakes Offers Graded Black Type to 2-Year-Olds
Monday, April 27, 2009 5:57 PM

The Kentucky Juvenile Stakes (gr. III) to be run April 30 at Churchill Downs 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. Topping the likely runners with an A++ rating is Mission Impazible , a son of Unbridled... Read More...

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Filed under: Racing and Training, 2-Year-Olds, Handicapping, Race Previews

Weekend Action for A.P. Indy and Fappiano Bloodlines
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:02 PM

In 1999, Stephen Got Even came into the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) as one of favorites, having won the last three of his four starts, including the Galleryfurniture.com Stakes (gr. II) at Turfway Park. Away well, Stephen Got Even was bumped at the first turn, and thereafter never reached contention, ultimately finishing fourteenth to Charismatic. Fourth in the Preakness... Read More...

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Weekend Pedigree Shorts
Monday, July 07, 2008 6:07 PM

The highly successful Danzig / Sharpen Up nick had a very good weekend. Mount Nelson ( A++ TrueNicks rating), a son of Rock of Gibraltar out of the Selkirk mare Independence, found most in a driving finish to win the Coral-Eclipse (gr. I) at Sandown, in doing so he returned to the form that saw him capture a grade I race at 2. Bred along similar lines, Anna Pavlova... Read More...

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Kentucky Derby Contenders Seen Through TrueNicks
Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:05 PM

With the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands mere days away, we thought it was worth giving TrueNicks a tryout on the leading contenders. TrueNicks came through its Derby Trial with flying colors. Of the top 24 contenders at time of writing, nine (37.5%) were A++ ; 17 (71%) were A or above; 21 (87.5%) were B+ or higher. Of the remaining three, two are D ;... Read More...

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Asiatic Boy Looks Ready for World Cup
Friday, February 01, 2008 4:02 PM

U.S. and European invaders pointing toward the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) look as if they will have a tough home-trained opponent to overcome in the shape of Asiatic Boy. Bred in Argentina, the son of Not For Sale won a maiden in his native country and finished second to the Hussonet colt, Husson, in the Gran Criterium (Arg-I). Following that effort, Asiatic Boy... Read More...

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