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Diane, a broodmare owner in California, wrote in to suggest an addition to my earlier comments about Sunday Silence and his stallion sons. In addition to Silent Name (TrueNicks, SRO) and Hat Trick (TrueNicks, SRO) (JPN)-Sunday Silence sons who willl be commence their stud careers in Kentucky in 2008-she drew my attention to Austinpower (JPN) ...

Alan's Day Four preview: Keeneland January: Day Four

Alan's Day Three preview: Keeneland January: Day Three

Alan's Day Two preview: Keeneland January: Day Two

One of the strengths of the TrueNicks rating system is its ability to operate in what is an increasingly international Thoroughbred world. With stallions and mares travelling throughout the world it is sometimes difficult to work out what is the right pedigree match for mares with bloodlines that are found in different parts of the world and not ...

Alan's Day One preview: Keeneland January: Day One

Sunday Silence may be gone, but his influence is still a very present factor. The recently published Leading Sires Table for Japan shows the great son of Halo a clear winner by more than $9 million. What is particularly significant, however, is the the domination of the rest of the top 10 by sons of Sunday Silence. Second and third are Agnes ...

Over time TrueNicks ratings do change, but it is how they change that makes it an interesting study. Affinities can establish themselves quickly but the TrueNicks system requires certain thresholds to be met for the cross to be considered valid. This means that while it can take some time for a nick to establish itself, the actual success of the ...

Lexington, Kentucky-based Blood-Horse Publications today announced the launch of the TrueNicks sire line affinity system in conjunction with Pedigree Research, LLC, a pedigree consultancy firm headed by Alan Porter and Byron Rogers. The TrueNicks rating system simplifies nicking analysis in the pedigree of an existing Thoroughbred or hypothetical ...

  View Report Keen pedigree observers note that the same patterns often work the world over. This is frequently revealed when running the TrueNicks page on a horse, a report which gives–in addition to a five cross pedigree, Dosage profile, inbreeding, and TrueNicks rating–a list of the five best horses bred on a cross. A case in point is ...