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Later this week we'll be talking about sire prospects -- those top-performing colts from the past year who are likely to enter stud service in 2010.  But after this weekend's Breeders' Cup, I felt inspired to look through the winners list for the event's most likely stallion candidates. Usually it's a no-brainer.  In any given year, if ...

Holy grade I winners, Batman.  Better Than Honour just saw another foal take some impressive black type when Man of Iron nosed out a win in the Breeder's Cup Marathon (a race destined to earn grade I status upon eligibility). Thought this was a good time to reflect a bit on a great mare.  Here's a few previous articles on the Deputy ...

We haven't had a photo competition in a long, long time. This time around, we're playing for honor and pride and pretty much anything except a prize (to be reinstituted another day...). The rules are simple.  Below are six images from various collections at The Blood-Horse building.  Identify as many of the horses as you can and post ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' Keeneland November Mixed sale page. TrueNicks are available for the 2009 Keeneland November offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number.   Hip No. 1: Chestnut Colt (First Samurai--Madamascus). Run a free TrueNicks report for hip #1. Hip No. ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Selected Mixed sale page. TrueNicks are available for the 2009 Fasig-Tipton November offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number.   Hip No. 1: ch c (A.P. Indy--Safari Queen (ARG)). Run free TrueNicks reports for ...

Last year, I gave you 6 Tips to Get More Out of the Stallion Register Online. One of my suggestions was to use the ''Advanced Search'' tool to find stallions by sire, dam, damsire, and year entered stud. Over the years, I've heard from lots of SRO users about that advanced search tool and how they never knew it existed because it was ''hidden'' ...

Early this year, I complained that sales companies are well behind the times in their catalog technologies (Revelations of the Catalog Page -- The Thoroughbred Industry's Techno Failure).  I suggested that newly-revitalized Fasig-Tipton would be the right one to try out newer technologies, such as sending out catalogs on an electronic ...

How many Derby winners are still running at age 12?  In the case of 2000 Texas Derby victor Eagle Time (pedigree), maybe it's more accurate to say he's running ''again'' instead of ''still,'' since he took a pretty long break from the track. But I'm getting ahead of myself.  Let me back up a bit. Bred in Florida, the dark bay son of ...

An interesting article on our sister site has me thinking about herd dynamics with my own horses. Mares' Social Bonds Might Enhance Reproductive Success on TheHorse.com summarizes a larger study that seems to indicate the social structure of herds helps to increase mares' ability to conceive, carry, and deliver foals. The research was conducted ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling sale page. TrueNicks are available for the 2009 Fasig-Tipton fall yearlings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number.   Hip No. 1: b f (Strong Contender--Sally's Sweep). Run free TrueNicks reports for hip #1. Hip ...