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Last weekend Danzig line first season sires War Front (TrueNicks,SRO) and Pomeroy (TrueNicks,SRO) were writing the headlines. This weeked it was three-year-olds from the first crop of sons of A.P. Indy (TrueNicks,SRO) who made their mark. Turbulent Descent – a grade I-winning daughter of last year’s upset Leading Freshman Sire Congrats ...

  Dictionary.com has an interesting definition of the word prep: “A preliminary or warm-up activity or event; trial run: the race is a prep for the Kentucky Derby.”It should have added: “See Giacomo.” You know, the 2005 Kentucky Derby winner who went into the race off five straight defeats and only a maiden victory at 2 in seven career ...

   1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie—Playa Maya, by Arch One mo week to the long-awaited debut in the Timely Writer. At this point, the decisions have all been made and as Mike Repole said, on May 7 he’ll either look like a genius or an idiot. But for now it’s one step at a time, and they not only have to get past this ...

The most disturbing statistic in the results for the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training March 3 was the buy-back rate, which climbed past the 40% level. Making it even more concerning what that it didn't take into account the large number of scratches, many of which were the result of consignors realizing that there was ...

While next week's racing calendar includes three key Triple Crown preps including the season debut of Kentucky Derby favorite of Uncle Mo in the Timely Writer, this weekend features only Saturday's Gotham Stakes from Aqueduct, and to a lesser degree a Sunday allowance race at Gulfstream that will serve as Dailed In's two-turn debut. The Gotham is ...

The stallions of Castleton Lyons have upgraded to the TrueNicks Enhanced report. Breeders can access unlimited reports for these stallions. Bernstein (TrueNicks,SRO) is an Irish group III-winning son of Storm Cat and has been a top sire in both North and South America. He is a full brother to grade III winner Caress, the dam of good sire Sky ...

The weekend’s classic trials saw Danzig line stallions War Front (TrueNicks,SRO) and Pomeroy (TrueNicks,SRO) consolidate their positions at the top of the Second Season Sire tables. The Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) was taken by Soldat (TrueNicks A++), who continued his successful turf-to-dirt transition, leading throughout for a two length ...

Champion Dreaming of Anna gave birth to a Medaglia d’Oro colt on Feb. 21, 2011, at Dr. and Mrs. Gary Priest’s Woodspring Farm near Versailles, Ky., in Woodford County. “She is so kind, and a good mother,” said Woodspring Farm manager Guy Mogge. Easy to care for, Dreaming of Anna is just one of the girls. “She goes through her daily routine like a ...

Who will win the 2011 Santa Anita Handicap? Will Twirling Candy keep on rolling? Will First Dude break through? Or will it be another Dude from Bob Baffert's barn? Now is your chance to see how your picks stack up against the rest of the BloodHorse.com community. Need more information about the Santa Anita Handicap? Read the race preview. ...