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Spring seems to have come early for Three Chimneys Farm sire War Chant (TrueNicks,SRO) . On February 7, his very speedy son Chamberlain Bridge took the 5 1/2-furlong Colonel Power Stakes on turf at Fair Grounds by three lengths in a time less than half a second outside the course-record. Out of the Trempolino mare She's Got Class (a ...

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Sophmore sire Tapit (TrueNicks,SRO) continues to emphasize that he’s for real, and had a pair of second-season fillies take graded wins. Champion 2-year-old filly Stardom Bound (Tapit – My White Corvette, by Tarr Road) added to her laurels in the Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I), and might just possibly be heading for a clash with Pioneerof the ...

The ground-breaking TrueNicks Broodmare Analysis Report is now available direct from The Jockey Club Information Service's (TJCIS) equineline.com reporting system.  The analysis is Report 29T, which will be found under the “Mare’s Produce” section of the report index. After selecting a mare, the user can enter up to 50 stallions of his ...

Silver City (by Unbridled's Song (TrueNicks,SRO) out of a Mt. Livermore mare) recently brought the Fappiano/Blushing Groom (FR) cross into news highlights, winning the Dixieland Stakes at Oakland Park Jan. 16. The next day, things really shifted into high gear. First there was the win for The Pamplemousse (Kafwain - Comfort Zone, by ...

One of the best juveniles of his crop, Whywhywhy (Mr. Greeley--Thorough Fair, by Quiet American), made a promising start to his stud career. He ended 2007 as a top-six freshman sire, and was represented by inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Nownownow. Whywhywhy (TrueNicks,SRO) rather flew under the radar in 2008, but he lit ...

Reader question: I recently ran a cross for my mare Enthrall (by Lyphard out of Swift Gal) with a stallion that entered New York for 2008 named Utopia (Jpn).  He is by Forty Niner. I came up with a TrueNicks pattern of an “A.”  I was pretty excited and forged this decision on paper in the form of a contract. I thought that Alan ...

One of the most interesting stakes winners last weekend was Cherry One (TrueNicks A++), who took the El Paso Times Handicap at Sunland Park, to remain undefeated in three starts. From the first crop of the Cherokee Run horse Sir Cherokee, Cherry One is out of the El Gran Senor mare One Accord. This is particularly interesting when one recalls ...

Question from Ryan:  My question is why do I get a B rating nick but when you look at the cross and it has produced G1 stakes winners?  Then the opposite happens when I get a A++ nick but there may not even be a graded stakes winner produced? Alan's reply:  Hi Ryan. Thank you for the question. The reason that the you might ...

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