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Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Arqana Yearling Sale auction page. The sale will be held August 13-16 in Deauville, France. Friday, August 13 - Hips 1-101, 2:30 PM Saturday, August 14 - Hips 102-208, 5 PM Sunday, August 15 - Hips 209-312, 5 PM Monday, August 16 - Hips 313-480, 2 PM TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by ...

Reader challenge: Identify the following four horses represented by their 3-cross pedigrees. What race did all four win? Leave your guess in the comments section below. Good luck! We will hold all comments until Monday, July 26. UPDATE: Congrats to everyone who identified the pedigrees of My Flag, Our Mims, Christmas Past, and On a Soapbox. All ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga NY Bred Preferred Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held August 7-8 in Saratoga Springs, New York. August 7th - Hips 301-388, 7 PM August 8th - Hips 389-475, 7 PM (NOTE: Click here for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale to be held August 2-3) TrueNicks are available for ...

The last three months have been incredible for offspring of the late Maria's Mon. Sire of two Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winners in Monarchos (TrueNicks,SRO) (2001) and Super Saver (2010), and 2006 Champion Three-Year-Old filly Wait a While, Maria's Mon died in 2007 at the young age of 14. His final crop includes 100 two-year-olds of 2010. ...

Reader challenge: Identify these two stallions and the only runner bred by crossing them together. This specific cross is a subset of a strong nick that has already produced two grade I winners – who are they and what is the nick? Leave your guess in the comments section below. Responses will be posted on Monday, July 19. Good luck! UPDATE: ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held August 2-3 in Saratoga Springs, New York. August 2nd - Hips 1-100, 7 PM August 3rd - Hips 101-202, 7 PM TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath ...

Arkansas Derby (gr. I) winner Line of David, who retires to B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm for the 2011 breeding season, has joined TrueNicks. Making his first stakes appearance in the Arkansas Derby, Line of David (TrueNicks) set quick fractions and held off gr. I winner Dublin and subsequent Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Super Saver, with ...

The Fasig-Tipton July Sale is currently underway (Click here for Fasig-Tipton July TrueNicks reports). You'd probably be pleased if your yearling purchase goes on to win a graded stakes race regardless of the distance, but – in an ideal scenario – what distance would you prefer? Explain your choice in the comments section below. If your ...

Reader challenge: The pedigree of this racehorse (pictured at Belmont Park) features inbreeding to a runner-up in both the Manhattan Handicap and Jockey Club Gold Cup. This racehorse's sire also appears in the pedigree of a recent gr. I winner at Belmont. Your challenge is to answer the following questions in the comments section below: 1. Who ...

UPDATE: Date With Destiny won her debut impressively at Newbury, defeating Zanazzi, the Bernardini (TrueNicks,SRO) half sister to Speightstown (TrueNicks,SRO), by nearly two lengths. Mrs. Julie Wood’s Date With Destiny, the only foal of the ill-fated George Washington, is likely to make her first career start Friday at Newbury in a 7-furlong ...