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  • From the Vault: TrueNicks Top 10 Nicking Myths Webinar

    We've reached back into the time vault and unearthed a TrueNicks webinar that we filmed back in 2009. While it is over three years old, much of what we talked about back then is still relevant today. Enjoy! Click here to download the ''Top 10 Myths About Nicks in Thoroughbred Breeding'' whitepaper.
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 09-17-2013

  • Promotional Feature: Breaking & Training - First Steps

    Every step in the development of successful racehorses is important, but few are as important as the education they receive during breaking and training. With the yearling sale season in full swing, buyers are looking for the outfits that can put the best mental and physical foundation under their developing runners. Training centers all around ...
    Posted to Magazine Features (FileGallery) by aspradling on 09-17-2013

  • Young Sire Revival - by Eric Mitchell

    (Originally published in the September 21, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter The Keeneland September yearling sale is an important market barometer, not only for yearlings but for the commercial ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 09-17-2013

  • Horse Racing Needs a New Box

    (This is an expanded version of a condensed piece in the September 21, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse) Gibson Carothers is a longtime horseplayer who grew up at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. He worked as Creative Director of Y&R Advertising in Los Angeles and BBDO in Minneapolis, owned racehorses in Southern California, served on the Board ...
    Posted to The Racing Hub (Weblog) by aspradling on 09-17-2013

  • What Does a Brisk Market Look Like?

    By Ian Tapp What does a brisk market look like?—probably something like the 2013 Keeneland September sale. The charts below plot prices of sold yearlings (up to $1 million) by hip number for the 2009-13 Keeneland September sales. Just a quick visual comparison of 2009 vs. the first half of 2013 suggests that the yearling market has rebounded ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 09-16-2013

  • Euros Wise to Stay Home

    I never thought I would ever say this about any horse or any race, but the feeling here is Wise Dan is unbeatable at a mile on the grass, and probably unbeatable up to 1 1/8 miles.Every horse, no matter how great, can be beaten, whether it be due to an off day, a fluke pace, too much of a weight concession, or a surface not to his or her liking. ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 09-16-2013

  • Galileo and Coolmore's Irish Stallions Join TrueNicks

    In the past few years, the number of stallions who are subscribed to TrueNicks has nearly doubled—in 2010 there were 425 mostly U.S.-based stallions; today there are 820 stallions representing some of the top stud farms internationally. A major growth catalyst was the TrueNicks Enhanced Report, a two-page report that includes detailed statistics ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 09-16-2013

  • Fourth-Crop Yearlings Offer Best ROI for Young Sires

    By Nicole Sauer Buying yearlings by young stallions is always a high-risk investment. Young stallions are largely unproven as sires, which means that the market is less accurate in its valuation of their progeny. In this small study, we tracked yearling averages and earnings per starter for four stallions—A.P. Indy, Awesome Again, Pulpit, and ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by nsauer on 09-14-2013

  • Brisnet.com's guide to turning 2-to-5 on Wise Dan into even money

    This scene from The Simpsons came to mind when considering whether to single Wise Dan in the $200,000 guaranteed Pick 4 on Sunday at Woodbine, or go against him in the Ricoh Woodbine Mile. Seeing the reigning Horse of the Year win his ninth consecutive race would ''please the gentleman'' as the shopkeep says in the video above, but he ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by EJXD2 on 09-13-2013

  • Brazilian Triple Crown Winner Plenty of Kicks Joins TrueNicks

    The roster of TrueNicks stallions includes some outstanding performers from around the globe, and the latest of these is Brazilian superstar Plenty of Kicks (BRZ) (TrueNicks), who retires to Haras San Francesco for the 2013 breeding season. Plenty of Kicks finished second over seven furlongs on his debut but was to go undefeated in seven ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter on 09-13-2013
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