TrueNicks : Pedigree Elements, Pedigrees and Breeding, Recent Winners

Will Take Charge's Resilience Pays Off in Travers

Alan Porter — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Will Take Charge, who finally got his big win over the weekend, is one of at least six current 3-year-old stakes winners inbred to Fappiano....(read more)

A Classic Case of Coincidence?

Alan Porter — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:40:00 GMT

Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow and Japanese Oaks winner Meisho Mambo offer classic examples of complex pedigree patterns....(read more)

Dream Fulfilled

Alan Porter — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Champion filly Danedream continues to revive the fortunes of her branch of a famous family....(read more)

Gary Hadden Discusses Mating of Reckless Abandon

Ian Tapp — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:00:00 GMT

Bloodstock consultant explains his reasoning behind the mating that produced undefeated Prix Morny (Fr-I) winner....(read more)

Kauai Katie: Repeating the Pattern

Alan Porter — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:30:00 GMT

Adirondack (gr. II) winner shares pedigree similarities with other good runners by Malibu Moon....(read more)

Chichicastenango's Never Bend Affinity

Alan Porter — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:45:00 GMT

Sire of French Derby winner Saonois continues his incredible strike rate with mares carrying Never Bend....(read more)

Taking Charge of the Pedigree

Alan Porter — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:45:00 GMT

Florida Derby winner gives us an example of genetic affinities within the entire pedigree....(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)

On the Road

Alan Porter 1 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:24:00 GMT

The first round of prep races for the 2010 Classics were completed over the Holiday weekend....(read more)

Keep On Rolling

Alan Porter 1 — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:30:00 GMT

Giant's Causeway and Medaglia d'Oro, two Leading Sires of 2009, both had new stakes winners last week....(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 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)

Oh Canada

Alan Porter 1 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:21:00 GMT

There was plenty of stakes action in Canada this past weekend. Alan Porter comments on the pedigrees of three of the biggest Woodbine winners....(read more)