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(Originally published in the March 19, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)     For 18 years and nine months the last page in The Blood-Horse has been home to a wide range of opinions from participants and observers of Thoroughbred ...

   1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie—Playa Maya, by Arch He needed to come home fast off those slow fractions and he did so and more with that stunning :22 4/5 final quarter under a hand ride. Would rather see a :25 2/5 opening quarter than a :22 2/5; would rather see a 1:36 2/5 mile than a 1:33 2/5; would rather he ...

Lexington, Ky. – March 14, 2011 – TrueNicks LLC has elected Doug Cauthen, respected horseman and bloodstock manager, to its board of directors. President of Doug Cauthen Bloodstock Services LLC, Doug operates an independent bloodstock management company based in Lexington, Ky. “We are lucky to have Doug on our board,” said Byron Rogers, partner ...

Mathea Kelley is our next guest blogger/photographer here at Through the Lens. BIO: Mathea is originally from New York and a graduate of Cornell University. She loves horses and the Bluegrass state which she now calls home. Part of the Lane’s End Farm photography and video team, Mathea regularly takes photos of foals and broodmares at the farm. ...

The 2011 OBS March Selected Sale of 2-Year-Olds in training is set to begin Tuesday, March 15, at 11 a.m. in Ocala, Florida. There are 490 juveniles cataloged for the two-day sale. TrueNicks offers free reports for most hips. Reports are available at TrueNicks.com/Auctions.

First it was Team Uncle Mo throwing a curveball by going to the Timely Writer at Gulfstream instead of the Tampa Bay Derby (gr. II). Now there is a chance that the connections of the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) favorite might call another audible. Owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher have said since the beginning of the year that Uncle Mo would ...

I can remember the image like it was yesterday. And why not? I saw it enough times. The handsome bay colt, his regally arched neck so low you could swear he was looking between his legs. And those strides: smooth and effortless, always reaching out for more ground. Before the term “in the zone” became popular, Alysheba was in the zone every day of ...

Will Brethren put away a seemingly overmatched field and continue his ascent to the top of the division? Who will shoot to the top of the class in California? And will Uncle Mo begin his season in style? These are the questions that we await the answers to on a busy and important weekend of racing. Let's get right into it. Tampa Bay ...

Breeders will once again be able to run free TrueNicks reports for Broken Vow, Sky Classic, Bob and John, and Cowboy Cal, courtesy of Pin Oak Stud, who stand the quartet at their Versailles facility. All stallions have upgraded to the new Enhanced report. Broken Vow (TrueNicks,SRO), a son of Unbridled, has sired 34 stakes winners, and 12 graded ...

Patrol Films of Races Embedded in E-Book ''Stalking the Pace''   More than a book, ''Stalking the Pace'' is an ebook enhanced with video. Read the true story of trainer, Jay C. Nehf and his filly, Sumatra's racing experiences and watch the actual patrol films used by the Racing Stewards at Emerald Downs to police the ...