TrueNicks : Emerging Nicks, Pedigrees and Breeding

Departing Adds to Confidence on War Front/Pulpit Cross

Alan Porter — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:20:00 GMT

While there is no doubt that nicks tend to run in sire lines, we've also often found it profitable to consider the dam of a stallion when attempting to predict potential crosses....(read more)

Smart Strike/Wild Again Nick Moving Fast

Ian Tapp — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:00:00 GMT

This emerging nick boasts 11 winners, including four stakes winners, from just 12 starters so far....(read more)

Galileo/Danehill Revisited

Alan Porter — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:45:00 GMT

The Galileo/Danehill cross continues to perform at a high level, getting a 16% stakes winners to starters rate that is unchanged compared to 2011....(read more)

Filly 'Same Cross' is Bred on the Right Cross

Ian Tapp — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:25:00 GMT

Cleverly-named filly is bred on same cross as champion Proud Spell....(read more)

Frankel Highlights Success of Danehill Mares

Byron Rogers — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:00:00 GMT

International breed-shaping stallion Danehill has proved himself a phenomenon as a sire and broodmare sire in two hemispheres....(read more)

It's All Relative

Alan Porter 1 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:22:00 GMT

Last weekend was a great one for genetic relatives and clever inbreeding....(read more)

A Crowded Family Portrait

Alan Porter 1 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:46:00 GMT

Northern Station and Flavor are the two most recent stakes winners from an exploding female family....(read more)

The Few The Proud

Alan Porter 1 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:49:00 GMT

Malibu Stakes winner M One Rifle one of the few foals sired by One Man Army....(read more)

A Lucky Pair With Three of a Kind

Alan Porter 1 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:26:00 GMT

Last weekends grade I juvenile winners Lookin at Lucky and Blind Luck have three ancestors in common....(read more)

Not Your Father's Cross

Alan Porter 1 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:10:00 GMT

Unlike their sires, sons of Kingmambo and Gone West are working well with Deputy Minister line mares....(read more)

The Ramsey's Joy

Alan Porter 1 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:17:00 GMT

Ramsey Farm has struck again with Kitten's Joy, America's leading first crop sire of stakes winners...(read more)

The Aga Khan Stars Also Shine

Alan Porter 1 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:31:00 GMT

Horses bred or owned the Aga Khan swept seven French group events, five of them group I last weekend and they came all across the distance scale, with all manner of pedigree patterns....(read more)

Pedigree Nicks Weekend Roundup

moneil@truenicks.com — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:02:00 GMT

The past weekend's races revealed some exciting nicks -- both proven crosses and developing patterns....(read more)