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  • Oak Monster Unleashed in Donn

    Leading Sire of 2009 and 2010, Giant's Causeway (TrueNicks,SRO) doesn’t look like he is going away anytime soon. He’s running second on the list right now, and his trio of 2011 stakes winners include Giant Oak (TrueNicks A++), who added the Donn Handicap (gr. I) to his win in the Clark Handicap (gr. I) on his previous outing. Out of a Crafty ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 02-08-2011

  • Price Sensitive - By Eric Mitchell

     (Originally published in the February 12, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy on TwitterWagering at Santa Anita Park in January was down, lagging 10.81% behind the same month in 2010 and worse than the ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-08-2011

  • February 12, 2011 - Pre-Breeding Management of the Mare

    Trade Zone: Pre-Breeding Management of the Mare It is of paramount importance that any mare intended for breeding be in optimal health before the beginning of the breeding season. The mare should have her Coggins test updated, as well as annual vaccinations such as Eastern and Western encephalitis, tetanus, rabies, and Potomac horse fever. It ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by aspradling on 02-08-2011

  • Oh, Baby, It's a Wild World

    For all his merits as a sire – and he crossed successfully over as wide a range of broodmare sires as you could ask for – Wild Again was generally a disappointment as a sire of sires (although Wild Rush did start to shine once he had left these shores for Japan). Despite that, two of this weekend’s major contests fell to horses sired by different ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 02-08-2011

  • 02/05/2011 Southeast: Royal Flush

     Retirement is a dirty word to Harold Queen. The 75-year-old Florida resident said he works “seven days a week” and doesn’t plan to stop “until I’m dead.” While many men his age in the Sunshine State are fishing or playing golf, Queen keeps busy managing his nearly 82-acre farm that is part of the Nelson Jones training complex near Ocala. He ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 02-08-2011

  • Ky. Derby Trail: Leave the Training to Trainers

    Over the past decade or so, racing has seen a new breed of owner enter the sport, many with a corporate philosophy. And like most corporations, there is the need for a manager, whether he or she goes by the title of GM or in this instance racing manager.In many cases, an owner, whether it be of a corporation or a racing stable, feels it is ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 02-08-2011

  • Zazu Just Can't Wait to Be Queen

    Z fans didn't have to wait long for another Z-named, Jerry-and-Ann-Moss-owned filly to win a grade I race in California. Zazu, a striking gray filly by Tapit (TrueNicks,SRO), came from last to out-finish favored Turbulent Descent in the one-mile Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) on Saturday. Zazu is out of the Mr. Greeley mare Rhumb Line, who won her ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 02-07-2011

  • February 7, 2011 - Presented by Pauls Mill

     1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie—Playa Maya, by Arch Between all his exposure on Facebook and Twitter and owner Mike Repole’s gregarious and infectious personality, they may have to change this year’s sponsorship name to the Kentucky Derby Presented by UM Brands! Uncle Mo was on the work tab for the first time last week, ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 02-07-2011

  • Fielding Candidates for Broodmare of the Year

    (By Scot T. Gillies) The Blood-Horse MarketWatch special Broodmare of the Year issue comes out in March, and frankly, I can't wait. In addition to being one of our most popular editions, the subject is one of my personal favorites. What's not to love?  Stories about 10 mares that had a major impact on U.S. racing last year, with ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by sgillies on 02-06-2011

  • The King and I

    While thankfully not (not yet, at least) being quite as folically challenged as Yul Brynner, we do have a connection with a King who has played a staring role in the orient. Having recommended the mating for King Kamehameha, whose dam was sold to Japan carrying that horse, we we’re delighted when he captured the Japan Derby and subsequently earned ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 02-06-2011
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