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The hallways of Blood-Horse Publications are a gallery of spectacular equine art. A couple of weeks ago, I challenged you to name a horse based on a painting in one of our conference rooms.  Who's up for another challenge? This time, let's make it interesting:  the winner (randomly selected from the best responses) will receive a $20 ...

TrueNicks welcomes WinStar Farm, our most recent new subscriber. WinStar's commitment allows breeders to run complimentary ratings with the six stallions that make up the farm's powerful roster. The team is headed by Distorted Humor (TrueNicks, SRO), now firmly established as one of the world's leading sires with 64 stakes winners, 26 of them ...

The best way to learn almost anything is by using examples and discussing the topic with others who are knowledgeable and who might have a different perspective. When deciding the merit of a mare as a potential addition to your broodmare band, the more you know what to look for, the better! Today we'll look at a mare being offered on ...

Mare owners considering breeding to The Green Monkey (TrueNicks), who begins his stud career at Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds in Ocala, Fla., in 2009, are now able to research their mares with the horse on TrueNicks. Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo consigned The Green Monkey to the 2006 Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training ...

TrueNicks is delighted to welcome Millenniums Farms Kentucky, which has become the latest farm to give users complimentary ratings with its sires. Millennium Farms is currently home to six stallions, but the roster will be extended in 2009 with the recently-announced addition of Student Council (TrueNicks, SRO). A winner on dirt, all-weather, and ...

Breeders will now have access to complimentary TrueNicks ratings for the stallions standing at one of Florida's leading stallion stations, Brent Fernung's Journeyman Stud. Journeyman stands six young sires at their Ocala facility. The roster is headlined by the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I) winner Wildcat Heir (TrueNicks, SRO). A son ...

There's no question that there are some unpleasant aspects of the Thoroughbred world. Breakdowns and drugs are getting headlines these days (and let's hope that the attention results in some positive changes).  Stories about slaughter and abuse receive a lot of attention. Another sometimes-ugly part of the racing industry -- ...

It wouldn't be November at the sales without at least a couple of true blue-blooded mares walking through the ring. This year, we have the opportunity to see some real standouts in the wake of the Southern Equine - Hill 'n' Dale dispersal (full story here) at Fasig-Tipton.  Of special note are the Deputy Minister mare Better Than ...

New York-based sire Western Expression was represented by his first stakes winner when his daughter, I Lost My Choo, took the Virginia Oaks (gr. III) at Colonial Downs. Rated A++ by TrueNicks, I Lost My Choo has a very unusual pedigree pattern. Firstly, she is inbred to Majestic Prince, and in both instances combined with Buckpasser (Western ...

The 4-year-old Kingmambo colt Archipenko (pedigree) makes a great case for those breeders who believe an older mare can still produce a quality foal. Bound, a 1984 daughter of Nijinski II and the incomparable mare Special, was a fine runner -- a stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed earner of over $300,000 -- and undeniably earned her ...