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Recent weekends have been good ones for U.S. second season sires, as it saw two of that group represented by their first grade I winner, and another by his first U.S. graded winner. In 2005, the Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. I) was captured in astonishing fashion by Bellamy Road (TrueNicks,SRO), who scored by 17½ lengths in track record-equaling ...

Talk about no respect. First Archarcharch gets dropped from the final Future Wager pool because of a third in the Rebel (gr. II), in which he had a ton of excuses. We expressed all the reasons why we felt that was a mistake in a March 30 column, titled “Fallen Arches.” Then, as a final indignity, he goes off at an insane 25-1 in the Arkansas Derby ...

  Untitled Document 1 Dialed In Nick Zito Mineshaft —Miss Doolittle, by Storm Cat Breezed a half in :49 4/5, but will have only one more five-furlong work before the Derby, relying mostly on long gallops. Because of his late start and huge jump from a maiden sprint to his Holy Bull score, Zito is handling him very ...

The Arkansas Derby is the final major prep race that will be run and it has become the most important one of the season. With only three weeks until the Kentucky Derby, we are without a standout favorite. The only horse that can change that is The Factor. If he wins the Arkansas Derby on Saturday, whether it's by a nose or seven lengths, he ...

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By Avalyn Hunter Life has been good for A.P. Indy.  A royally-bred horse who became a sales topper as a yearling, he went on to highly successful careers as a racehorse and stallion.  Thanks to the quality of his connections and his visibility, he will now live out the rest of his life as a well-cared-for pensioner. For thousands of ...

How will they finish in the Arkansas Derby (gr. I)? Will The Factor reign again? It is rebound time for Brethren? Will Elite Alex break through? Now is your chance to see how your picks stack up against the rest of the BloodHorse.com community. Need more information about the Arkansas Derby? Read the race previewThat Handicapping ...

  CBS aired a great story during its evening news on a unique polo team's story in Philadelphia. Steve Hartman reports Lezlie Hiner founded a non-profit horse stable and named the program ''Work to Ride.''    ---- ''I was watching the race and thought it was pretty impresive, like whoa.'' -- Co-worker Marta Assistant ...

One of the hottest stallion rosters in New Zealand is that of Waikato Stud, and now courtesy of Waikato, breeders will be able to obtain complimentary TrueNicks reports for their mares with all eight Waikato Stud stallions. That octet includes two of New Zealand’s best, in O’Reilly and Pins. By Champion Last Tycoon out of Golden Slipper (gr. ...