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With today's news that Frankel's three-quarter brother Bullet Train (GB) (TrueNicks,SRO) is heading to Wintergreen Stallion Station for the 2013 season, it means that the siblings will begin their stud careers under very different circumstances. Frankel (by Galileo) will stand for £125,000 at Juddmonte's Banstead Manor Stud in England, while ...

Back in August, we posted an interview with Cecile Smith, co-breeder of champion So You Think (NZ) (TrueNicks). Cecile emailed me to report that So You Think's now 22-year-old dam, Triassic, foaled a healthy Medaglia d'Oro (TrueNicks,SRO) colt in October. Triassic with her 2012 Medaglia d'Oro colt. Cecile said: ''He is a big, strong ...

Below are complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced Reports for Breeders' Cup Saturday. Click on the horse's name to view the report. See Friday's reports here. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) Nov. 3 11:50 AM PDT Post Horse Jockey Trainer ...

Below are complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced Reports for Breeders' Cup Friday. Click on the horse's name to view the report. See Saturday's reports here. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint Nov. 2 1:06 PM PDT Post Horse Jockey Trainer ...

Four-time group I-winning filly Mosheen, who fractured a hind leg in the Oct. 20 Yellowglen Tristarc Stakes (Aus-II), has been retired and is scheduled to be bred to leading Japanese sire Deep Impact in 2013. Katsumi Yoshida, who stands Deep Impact at his family's Shadai Stallion Station, purchased a 50% share in the Fastnet Rock (TrueNicks) filly ...

This week we launched a few of our newest TrueNicks features. When you run a TrueNicks hypothetical mating with one of our 700+ subscribed stallions, you'll see that the page header contains quick buttons to Email, Save, or Print the report. There are also buttons to Tweet, Google+, and Facebook recommend the mating. Here's how the entire header ...

Last weekend was an exciting one for bloodstock consultant Gary Hadden (haddenbloodstock.com). Gary recommended the mating that produced Reckless Abandon, a son of Exchange Rate (TrueNicks,SRO) who won Sunday's Darley Prix Morny (Fr-I) and solidified himself as the top European 2-year-old. The colt previously took the Norfolk Stakes (Eng-II) at ...

Triassic, the dam So You Think, in April 2012 I recently had the opportunity to interview Cecile Smith, owner of Piper Farm and co-breeder of Australian champion and 10-time group I winner So You Think (NZ) (TrueNicks). Cecile owns So You Think's dam, the 22-year-old Tights mare Triassic, who is currently in foal to Medaglia d'Oro ...

Here's a quick follow-up to our pre-Belmont post on pace, where the take-home was that flatter pace lines do best in the 12-furlong classic. This year's race gave another example where the winner had the more consistent pace. Mike Smith wanted the lead with Paynter, but to get there they had to run a very quick opening quarter (:23 3/5), one of ...

Approaching the Belmont Stakes (gr. I)—the longest leg of the Triple Crown—why does it seem that those day-and-night distance questions we asked for every starter going into the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) are now pushed to the back burner? Now we focus more on the riders, and who has the experience to ride effectively in what is a most unusual ...