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Luck — Or Opportunity?
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:20 PM

We had yet another example of the imporatance of considering opportunity when creating nick ratings with the August 1 victory of Luck Money in the Majestic Light Stakes at Saratoga. Irish-bred Luck Money was scoring his first stakes victory, although he'd been third to superstar Henrythenavigator in the Coventry Stakes (gr. II) and captured the Goffs Million... Read More...

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Filed under: Recent Winners, Validity, Emerging Nicks

Readers Ask: Seeking the Gold/Halo
Friday, June 27, 2008 11:06 AM

Q: I was looking for nicks with a mare by Abaginone. Your reports show an A++ for a Seeking the Gold/Halo crossing but all the stakes winners listed are by one sire, Mutakddim, out of Southern Halo mares bred in Argentina. Is this a statistical quirk or a valid basis for generalizing about a Seeking the Gold/Halo nick? A: Thank you for the question. The calculation... Read More...

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Filed under: Validity, Readers' Questions, Emerging Nicks