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England's Kentucky Derby Challenge, a nine-furlong test on the all-weather track at Kempton Park that guaranteed the winner a place in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), was run on Wednesday night. In a frantic finish, the winner was Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Mafaaz (GB), who held to by a neck from the ...

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Before being made available to the public, TrueNicks was tested on a group of more than 100,000 horses. That study firmly established a correlation between a high nick rating and success at stakes level: in fact, while only 13% of the population earned a variant rating high enough to qualify for a rating of A or better, 37% of stakes winners ...

In 1999, Stephen Got Even came into the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) as one of favorites, having won the last three of his four starts, including the Galleryfurniture.com Stakes (gr. II) at Turfway Park. Away well, Stephen Got Even was bumped at the first turn, and thereafter never reached contention, ultimately finishing fourteenth to ...

Two stallions that were in our ''search for value,'' Dixie Union (TrueNicks,SRO) and Mizzen Mast (TrueNicks,SRO), were represented by recent stakes winners. Dixie Union's daughter Justwhistledixie -- rated A++ by TrueNicks -- gained a first graded win in the Davona Dale Stakes (gr. II), with daughters of other ''seach for value'' sires ...

A little while ago we gave a call to Even the Score (TrueNicks,SRO) , who stands this year for $7,500 at Millennium Farms in Kentucky. His first crop are 3-year-olds, and he was represented by a smart winner recently when his son Scorewithcater captured the $100,000 Borderland Derby. Rated an encouraging B+ by TrueNicks before his stakes ...

A couple of weeks ago we noted how well Elusive Quality's 2005 crop had done. They are headed by the now-retired Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Eng-I) winner Raven's Pass, and have been well-represented this year by the General George Handicap (gr. II) victor True Quality and Royale Michele, who took the Barbara ...

A few years ago we wrote an article about pedigree trends to come. One we suggested would be the combination of stallions bred on the Mr. Prospector/Buckpasser cross, notably Seeking the Gold, Woodman, Miswaki, and Mining. Exchange Rate (TrueNicks,SRO) began his career in Florida but earned a move to Three Chimneys with a relatively ...

With runners like multiple grade I winner Tale of Ekati and multiple graded stakes winner Gio Ponti carrying him to seventh on the leading sires list, Tale of the Cat (TrueNicks,SRO) enjoyed one of his best seasons in 2008. What might not be realized is that he is also currently a hot item Down Under. In November, his son Tell A Tale ...

Grade I winner Frost Giant (TrueNicks,SRO) became the latest sire to join the line-up at New York powerhouse Empire Stud. And it has with his stud-mates, Empire Stud has made Frost Giant available for breeders to run complimentary TrueNicks Thoroughbred pedigree nick reports. Bred by J.M.J Stables Corporation -- from a mating planned ...