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If asked to nominate the freshman sire most likely to be the first North American or European stallion to be represented by a group or grade  I winner, it is a fair bet that few experts would have nominated Powerscourt (GB) (TrueNicks,SRO) .A tough, much-travelled son of Sadler's Wells, who was first past the post in back-to-back renewals of ...

Last week we wrote that Careless Jewel had put up a Rachel Alexandra-like effort in crushing the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) field. Fast forward a week, and we find four-year-old Icon Project, delivering her Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I) rivals a 13½ lengths drubbing. Icon Project (TrueNicks A++) is the second grade I winner and one of eight total ...

Events have made our look at last weekend a little belated, but there was one performance that can't be overlooked. The Alabama Stakes (gr. I) didn't see Rachel Alexandra in the line-up, but it did witness a Rachel like performance by Careless Jewel, who devasted her opponents to score by 11 lengths. In winning the Alabama, Careless Jewel ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' Keeneland September Yearling sale page. TrueNicks are available for the 2009 Keeneland September yearlings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number and pedigree line and submit the foal's sire and dam information   Normal 0 ...

Although he retired to stud with earnings of nearly $7,780,000, Pleasantly Perfect (TrueNicks,SRO) had some strikes against him as a stallion prospect. The Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), and Dubai World Cup (gr. I) winner didn't start until he was three, when he made one outing, didn't win until he was four, and was at his best and five and six. ...

A sire who has been on fire of late is Elusive Quality (TrueNicks,SRO) . The month started well when Quality Road returned to from the injury that sidelined him from the classics to take the 6½ furlong Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) in a new track-record. Six days later, on August 9, Elusive Heat (a daughter of Xtra Heat, and a Pedigree Consultants ...

There was some activity of note among the younger stallions over the past weekend. Second-crop sire Even the Score (TrueNicks,SRO) , who had Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT) winner Take the Points a week earlier, was represented by Four Gifts (a graded winner earlier this year), who took the $250,000 Charles Town Oaks. She is out of a mare by ...

Chad asks: The TrueNicks for Holy Bull / In Reality is listed as an A, yet when entering his sons the rating is listed as a C, based on Holy Bull / In Reality. What is the factor (BSII, variant, ?) responsible for the difference? I have not found that such a discrepancy doesn't exist when using Unbridled's Song and sons (other than ...

TrueNicks is pleased to announce that the stallions standing at Emirates Park Stud are available for complementary nick ratings. Emirates Park, owned by His Excellency Nasser Lootah, has facilities in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. The New South Wales property, near the Upper Hunter Valley, is home to five horses, headed by Al Maher ...

With runners like Curlin (TrueNicks,SRO), English Channel (TrueNicks,SRO) , and Labatt Woodbine Oaks winners Eye of the Sphinx and Gold Strike, Smart Strike (TrueNicks,SRO) is generally considered a horse whose runners do their best work when given some time, and often over middle-distance. That consensus, however, overlooks another side ...