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The weekend of March 12-13 was a good one for some emerging sires in Australia and New Zealand. Magic Albert comes from a branch of the Nearco sire line that has been a purely Australian one for several generations. He is a son of Champion 3-Year-Old and successful sire Zeditave, who is turn is by The Judge, by Showdown (Champion English ...

The latest farm to sign up to allow users to run complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced reports is Gainesway Farm, located in Lexington, Kentucky. Gainesway owns a proud history having been home to such as Vaguely Noble, Blushing Groom, Riverman, Lyphard, Cozzene, Broad Brush, and Mr. Greeley. However, with a roster of exciting young horses, the focus ...

Owner Mike Repole has doubtless been dreaming of the Kentucky Derby ever since Uncle Mo crossed the finishing line to capture the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I). Happily, after the weekend the dream is still alive. The opposition for the one mile Timely Writer Stakes (video below) was hardly the sternest, but the Champion could not have been more ...

Breeders will once again be able to run free TrueNicks reports for Broken Vow, Sky Classic, Bob and John, and Cowboy Cal, courtesy of Pin Oak Stud, who stand the quartet at their Versailles facility. All stallions have upgraded to the new Enhanced report. Broken Vow (TrueNicks,SRO), a son of Unbridled, has sired 34 stakes winners, and 12 graded ...

It’s not unusual for New Zealand-bred stayers to capture major Australian stakes, but it’s less common for them to strike in the shorter events. This weekend, however, the New Zealand-bred 3-year-old filly Shamrocker upset the colts (led by Elusive Quality (TrueNicks,SRO)’s son Bullbars), to capture the Australian Guineas (gr. I, video below). ...

Last weekend Danzig line first season sires War Front (TrueNicks,SRO) and Pomeroy (TrueNicks,SRO) were writing the headlines. This weeked it was three-year-olds from the first crop of sons of A.P. Indy (TrueNicks,SRO) who made their mark. Turbulent Descent – a grade I-winning daughter of last year’s upset Leading Freshman Sire Congrats ...

The weekend’s classic trials saw Danzig line stallions War Front (TrueNicks,SRO) and Pomeroy (TrueNicks,SRO) consolidate their positions at the top of the Second Season Sire tables. The Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) was taken by Soldat (TrueNicks A++), who continued his successful turf-to-dirt transition, leading throughout for a two length ...

On the international scene, the performance of last week was that put up by Black Caviar in the Lightning Stakes (gr. I, video below). The Australian filly was officially rated the best sprinter in the world for 2010, and confirmed that she will be hard to dislodge from her perch, while maintaining her unbeaten record and defying a ten week layoff ...

We know that The Factor is fast. In his maiden win he set a Santa Anita six furlong track-record of 1:06.98 – admittedly over a strip that was then playing like a paved highway – and he returned last weekend to win the seven furlong San Vicente Stakes (gr. II) in 1:20.34, after setting fractions of :22.20; :43.41; and 1:07.31. What we don’t know ...

We were always great fans of Holy Bull (TrueNicks,SRO). For a start, we're suckers for greys, and secondly, he represents that last hope for the continuation of the “other” branch of the Himyar line. The most familiar branch of this line – the oldest native American line, tracing back to a horse called Eclipse, not the great founding father foaled ...