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 (Originally published in the March 5, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Lenny ShulmanFor an industry plagued in so many ways by a dearth of uniformity and cohesion, the lack of a single home—or any home at all for that matter—for its ...

It took only a week for the Derby picture to get muddled again, as To Honor and Serve’s disappointing effort left a log jam at the top of the list. Many more people are now sold on Soldat, and while he ran an excellent race and was never in any danger of losing once To Honor and Serve called it a day, he did have everything in his favor – breaking ...

by Ian Tapp Front-running 3-year-old colts by War Front (TrueNicks,SRO) have won Kentucky Derby (gr. I) preps in each of the past two weekends, but the similarities between The Factor and Soldat probably end there. San Vicente Stakes (gr. II) winner The Factor, while extremely fast, is one-dimensional. He needs the lead and is unlikely to ...

   1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie—Playa Maya, by Arch Works are picking up, with a bullet 1:00 3/5 breeze with Stay Thirsty. Have no idea at this point who’s around with any credentials to run against him on Mar. 12, with the exception of Dialed In if he’s forced to shows up there.You obviously want to see him win, ...

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Inglis has cataloged 529 lots for its 2011 Australian Easter Yearling Sale, to be held April 5-7 at the Newmarket complex in Sydney. In advance of this premier sale, we are offering complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced reports for all yearlings in the sale. Use the table below to access free reports. All TrueNicks reports are generated in real time ...

We know that The Factor is fast. In his maiden win he set a Santa Anita six furlong track-record of 1:06.98 – admittedly over a strip that was then playing like a paved highway – and he returned last weekend to win the seven furlong San Vicente Stakes (gr. II) in 1:20.34, after setting fractions of :22.20; :43.41; and 1:07.31. What we don’t know ...

Take nothing away from the other nine Kentucky Derby preps that have already been run, but for me, the Fountain of Youth is where the real Triple Crown trail begins. From this point forward, everything starts to get serious. I think many would agree that the best 3-year-olds in the country make their home in Florida, and this is our first chance ...

We were always great fans of Holy Bull (TrueNicks,SRO). For a start, we're suckers for greys, and secondly, he represents that last hope for the continuation of the “other” branch of the Himyar line. The most familiar branch of this line – the oldest native American line, tracing back to a horse called Eclipse, not the great founding father foaled ...