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Harlem Rocker, photo courtesy Adena Springs Three new Adena Springs stallions have joined TrueNicks. The new recruits include graded winner and Canadian classic winner Harlem Rocker, Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I) winner Mast Track, and group winner Plan. Harlem Rocker (TrueNicks,SRO) is a son of Adena's champion two-year-old colt Macho ...

While the finalists for the 2010 Eclipse Awards, which we be held in Miami on Jan. 17, have yet to be announced, winners of most of the categories are fairly easy to predict. Of course, Horse of the Year is going to provide most of the drama and will be the focus of most of our attention. But we've all made our feelings clear on that ...

With new 2011 stallions Blame (TrueNicks,SRO), Eskendereya (TrueNicks,SRO), Lookin At Lucky (TrueNicks,SRO), and Quality Road (TrueNicks,SRO) all priced in the $30,000-35,000 range, we thought it would be interesting to get the TrueNicks readers' take: who do you think will get the best book of mares? Of course the word best is quite subjective ...

Five-time grade I winner, 2009 champion two-year-old, and likely 2010 three-year-old champion Lookin At Lucky (TrueNicks) has been retired to Ashford Stud for the 2011 breeding season. The son of Smart Strike will stand for $35,000. A $475,000 Keeneland April two-year-old purchase, Lookin At Lucky won the first four starts of his career, ...

As today's breeders and buyers of racehorses become increasingly savvy, they demand more information when making decisions. Our TrueNicks customers have asked for more, and today we are proud to present the new TrueNicks Enhanced report. The Enhanced report adds a second page of multiple cross-specific data points. Through the end of January, ...

The full roster of 26 stallions at the Turkish Jockey Club have joined TrueNicks. Since TrueNicks is the only nicking system that considers all international starters and stakes winners, it is a useful resource for planning matings in any market. Deputy Minister son Always a Classic (TrueNicks) won the 1997 Turf Classic (gr. I) and Explosive Bid ...

WinStar Farm's new 2011 stallions Super Saver and Hold Me Back have joined TrueNicks. WinStar homebred Super Saver (TrueNicks) claimed this year's Kentucky Derby (gr. I, video below), making him the second colt by the late Maria's Mon to win the classic following Monarchos in 2001. A winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club (gr. II) at two, Super Saver ...

The stallions of Bybee Road Farm in Ranson, West Virginia, have joined TrueNicks. Unlimited free nicking reports are now available to breeders for Officer Rocket and Ghostly Numbers. New for 2011 is Officer Rocket (GB) (TrueNicks), dead-heat winner of the Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III) while defeating eventual two-year-old champion ...

Multiple grade I winner Blame (TrueNicks) has been retired to Claiborne Farm and will stand for a $35,000 fee in 2011. Breeders are now able to run unlimited free nick reports with Blame, courtesy of Claiborne Farm. A son of Arch (TrueNicks,SRO), who also stands at Claiborne, Blame won seven stakes in his career, including the Fayette (gr. II), ...

Goldikova following training, Freddie Head's yard, June 2009. Photo by Ian Tapp. Today, Alain Wertheimer, one of Goldikova's owner-breeders, announced that the champion mare would remain in training for 2011 and attempt a fourth consecutive win in the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I). Click here to read more. Alan Porter, advising the ...