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For the first time in its four-year history, TrueNicks reached 1 million total reports run in a calendar year on December 22, 2011. The ticker in the upper right of TrueNicks.com shows the current count. Here's a rundown of the most popular TrueNicks stallions of 2011 who most contributed to the impressive total. #1 - Bernardini ...

by J. Keeler Johnson Every year, many of the top 3-year-old colts head off to stud, often before they've been given a chance to show off everything they can do. In recent years, we've watched horses like Lookin At Lucky, Big Brown, Street Sense, and Hard Spun leave the racetrack at the conclusion of brilliant 3-year-old seasons, leaving us ...

This pre-Christmas blog has two purposes: to commemorate the career of the recently retired hard knocking stallion Eagle Time and to provide you guys with the opportunity to win an awesome Blood-Horse calendar. Consider it my Christmas present to you! You may have heard of Eagle Time, a remarkable 14-year-old horse whose final start was a 1 ...

As December comes to a close, guest blogger/photographer Mathea Kelley had a chance to sit down with Zenyatta's barn foreman Matt Martinez, to get some inside scoop on some Zenyatta “factoids”.  Here are his answers and a bit about Matt too....Zenyatta comes in every morning with Tasty to have breakfast and a look over to make sure she is ...

When searching for a stallion prospect, it helps tohave a lot of money. Because of the downturn in the Thoroughbred marketplace forseveral years recently, top candidates don't sell for as much as they used to,but they're still expensive in the scheme of things. Many farms, however, don't have the resources to beable to afford the very best in ...

We at TrueNicks are pleased to announce our 4th anniversary this month! Time flies, and it's amazing to think that TrueNicks is now beginning its 5th Northern Hemisphere breeding season. TrueNicks was founded in 2007 as a partnership between Pedigree Consultants (Alan Porter and Byron Rogers) and Blood-Horse Publications, with the calculation ...

 (Originally published in the December 24, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Evan Hammonds   The ball hasn’t dropped yet on New Year’s Eve, but the verdict is already in: It’s highly unlikely the year 2011 will go down as one of ...

(Originally published in the December 24, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  A slew of horses coming out of the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships in early November returned to the races in the next month, seeking redemption and perhaps a ...

Thirteen colts and geldings will do battle in the CashCall Futurity (gr. I) at Hollywood Park. Can you predict the complete order of finish? Need more information about the CashCall Futurity? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping Show. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2011CashCallOrder.xml''); To participate, ...

American Lion, a popular son of Tiznow entering stud in 2012 There was no doubt about Tiznow (TrueNicks,SRO)’s quality as a racehorse. Horse of the Year and champion of his crop at 3, he earned honors a champion older male the following season. He won a quartet of grade I events, and certainly his career highlights were his back-to-back ...