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Last year we saw the conclusion of the career of the undefeated New Mexico-bred filly Peppers Pride (who has now been bred to Tiznow ( TrueNicks , SRO ) ). A new star has now emerged from a Southwestern regional program, in the shape of Carlsbad . Carlsbad started her career winning four straight against fellow Arizona-breds -- easily winning her maiden before...
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Medaglia d'Oro ( TrueNicks , SRO ) is currently in command of what looks to be a promising group of second-crop sires (the leaders' list also includes Tapit ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , Candy Ride (ARG) ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , Speightstown ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , and Lion Heart ( TrueNicks , SRO ) ), and he added another stakes winner recently when She's Our Annie took...
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If Sir Thomas More was the man for all seasons then Giant's Causeway ( TrueNicks , SRO ) is the sire for all-weather. Although he's also had plenty of top-class runners on dirt or turf, there is no mistaking that his offspring are just killers on synthetic surfaces, be it California's more turf-like version, or the deeper Turfway Park going that Hold Me Back...
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Now firmly-established as the heir to Sadlers Wells, Galileo (IRE) had a transatlantic double at the weekend. In Ireland, Oh Goodness Me (GB) (out of Coyote (GB) by Indian Ridge (IRE)) flashed her classic credentials in the Lodge Park Stud E.B.F. Park Express Stakes (Ire-III). On the same afternoon, 4-year-old Dress Rehearsal (IRE) (out of Sassenach (IRE) by...
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England's Kentucky Derby Challenge, a nine-furlong test on the all-weather track at Kempton Park that guaranteed the winner a place in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), was run on Wednesday night. In a frantic finish, the winner was Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Mafaaz (GB), who held to by a neck from the fast-finishing Spring of Fame...
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Two stallions that were in our " search for value ," Dixie Union ( TrueNicks , SRO ) and Mizzen Mast ( TrueNicks , SRO ), were represented by recent stakes winners. Dixie Union's daughter Justwhistledixie -- rated A++ by TrueNicks -- gained a first graded win in the Davona Dale Stakes (gr. II), with daughters of other "seach for value" sires Langfuhr ( TrueNicks...
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A little while ago we gave a call to Even the Score ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , who stands this year for $7,500 at Millennium Farms in Kentucky. His first crop are 3-year-olds, and he was represented by a smart winner recently when his son Scorewithcater captured the $100,000 Borderland Derby. Rated an encouraging B+ by TrueNicks before his stakes score, Scorewithcater...
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A couple of weeks ago we noted how well Elusive Quality's 2005 crop had done . They are headed by the now-retired Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Eng-I) winner Raven's Pass, and have been well-represented this year by the General George Handicap (gr. II) victor True Quality and Royale Michele, who took the Barbara Fritchie Handicap...
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With runners like multiple grade I winner Tale of Ekati and multiple graded stakes winner Gio Ponti carrying him to seventh on the leading sires list, Tale of the Cat ( TrueNicks , SRO ) enjoyed one of his best seasons in 2008. What might not be realized is that he is also currently a hot item Down Under. In November, his son Tell A Tale (AUS) took the CJC New...
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Spring seems to have come early for Three Chimneys Farm sire War Chant ( TrueNicks , SRO ) . On February 7, his very speedy son Chamberlain Bridge took the 5 1/2-furlong Colonel Power Stakes on turf at Fair Grounds by three lengths in a time less than half a second outside the course-record. Out of the Trempolino mare She's Got Class (a half-sister to broodmare...
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Sophmore sire Tapit ( TrueNicks , SRO ) continues to emphasize that he’s for real, and had a pair of second-season fillies take graded wins. Champion 2-year-old filly Stardom Bound (Tapit – My White Corvette, by Tarr Road) added to her laurels in the Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I), and might just possibly be heading for a clash with Pioneerof the Nile in the Santa...
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Silver City (by Unbridled's Song ( TrueNicks , SRO ) out of a Mt. Livermore mare) recently brought the Fappiano/Blushing Groom (FR) cross into news highlights, winning the Dixieland Stakes at Oakland Park Jan. 16. The next day, things really shifted into high gear. First there was the win for The Pamplemousse (Kafwain - Comfort Zone, by Rubiano), who defeated...
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One of the best juveniles of his crop, Whywhywhy (Mr. Greeley--Thorough Fair, by Quiet American), made a promising start to his stud career. He ended 2007 as a top-six freshman sire, and was represented by inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Nownownow. Whywhywhy ( TrueNicks , SRO ) rather flew under the radar in 2008, but he lit up the screens recently...
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One of the most interesting stakes winners last weekend was Cherry One (TrueNicks A++ ), who took the El Paso Times Handicap at Sunland Park, to remain undefeated in three starts. From the first crop of the Cherokee Run horse Sir Cherokee, Cherry One is out of the El Gran Senor mare One Accord. This is particularly interesting when one recalls that Sir Cherokee...
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It is beginning to look as if the stallions that were represented by their first runners in 2008 are quite a promising group. Two of them -- Speightstown and Friends Lake -- have been quick to make an impact in 2009. Speightstown ( TrueNicks , SRO ) had a great first weekend of the new year. On Saturday, Jan. 3, his son Haynesfield won the Count Fleet Stakes...
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The term "sire of sires" is a coveted position in our commercial Thoroughbred world. Such title invariably vests an increase in stud fee, or at least underpins the established service fee as sons of these stallions are sought after in the sale ring and as they retire off the track. It is, after all, much easier to "sell the dream" of a son of a great stallion...
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Storm Cat's well-bred son Bernstein made a very good start to his career. From a first crop sired when he stood at Doug Arnold's Buckpond Farm, Bernstein was represented by just 37 foals, of which 32 have started and 26 have won. Five of these captured stakes events, their number being headed by the Astarita Stakes (gr. III) victress Toll Taker; the Providencia...
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