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  • Your Turn: Time To Vote On Your Selections For Rachel Alexandra's First Mate

    After two posts and 232 comments by our readers, it is now time for you to vote on the stallion that you would like to see Rachel Alexandra mated to in her first season at stud. We must say that there were some outstanding suggestions made by our TrueNicks community and we are thrilled that you have taken the time to come up with the suggestions ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 10-01-2009
  • Q&A - Why Doesn't Aptitude Rate Well With Mr Prospector Line Mares?

    Christine asks: I am hoping you can help me to understand why TrueNicks assigns a rating of ''D'' to Aptitude-Mr. Prospector crosses yet Enicks assigns an ''A+'' to the same cross. By my own manual analysis, 35% of Aptitude's top performing progeny are from broodmare sires in the Mr. Prospector line. Is there a way to use TrueNicks ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 09-14-2009
  • TrueNicks and Australia's Bluebloods Reach Agreement

    TrueNicks and Australia's premier online stallion directory Bluebloods (also known as Stallions.com.au) are pleased to announce a joint venture between the companies. Featured stallions on the Bluebloods site that are also subscribed to TrueNicks' pedigree rating service now have a TrueNicks link on their landing page. ''We are delighted to ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 09-07-2009
  • Combining Like Breds

    Combining genetic relatives in pedigrees has been for some time a pathway to upgrading pedigrees for stakes success. Many moons ago noted pedigree authority Ken McLean suggested in his book Quest for a Classic Winner that the like bred Nijinsky II, his three quarter brother The Minstrel and Storm Bird, a son of Northern Dancer whose dam is ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 08-25-2009
  • Your Turn: Time to Suggest a Mating for Rachel Closes FRIDAY!

    Ok, so we have run the feature a little longer than we'd planned, but we figured that with Rachel Alexandra's outstanding win in the Haskell Invitational (gr. I) on the weekend, it was worth a little more time for readers to come up with some suggestions for us to consider before we start creating the shortlist for the mating analysis product. If ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 08-03-2009
  • Saratoga Yearling Sales Catalogs Now Online

    The glorious Saratoga race meeting is now underway -- which means that the highly successful Fasig Tipton Saratoga Select and New York-bred yearling sales are just around the corner. TrueNicks has you covered! Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga sale of selected yearlings is one of the premier horse auctions in the world. It has roots that stretch back to ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 07-31-2009
  • Tapit Eyes Second-Crop Honors

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    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 07-10-2009
  • Before She Was a Stakes Winner She was a TrueNicks A++ Rated Horse!

    While Medaglia d'Oro's sale to Darley may have temporarily averted the spotlight towards the son of El Prado (IRE) (TrueNicks,SRO) , young Gainesway stallion Tapit (TrueNicks,SRO) continues to duke it out with him in the production of stakes winners. Malibu Beach became stakes winner number six for Tapit June 5 when she won the Alyssum Stakes ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 06-09-2009
  • Announcing New Feature for Stallion Owners

    One of the world's most successful investors, Warren Buffet, is quoted to have said ''Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.'' At TrueNicks we are always looking for ways to improve the our service to both broodmare owners who use the product and stallion subscribers who make part of the product free by sponsoring their stallion. ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 05-22-2009
  • Your Turn: Analyze Rachel Alexandra's Breeding Opportunities

    With a year and a half of the TrueNicks blog and 300-plus posts behind us, it has not escaped our attention that there are some passionate horsemen and pedigree analysts who frequent this corner of the Web. Indeed the ''TrueNicks Community'' has at times both intrigued and informed us and we are certainly thankful for this community that has ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 05-11-2009
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