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 (Originally published in the January 29, 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 TwitterEclipse Award winners seemed to be reading from the same playbook this year. Several, at some point during their ...

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 240 two-year-olds for its 2011 Florida Sale to be held March 3 at Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Florida. Reports are available for all hips, including 86% sired by TrueNicks complimentary stallions. Visit TrueNicks.com/Auctions to get reports for this sale, or for past and upcoming ...

.postComments { DISPLAY: none } .commentsContainer { DISPLAY: none } .commentForm { DISPLAY: none } Mike Repole, owner of 2010 2-year-old champion Uncle Mo, will be the next guest on bloodhorse.com’s Talkin’ Horses. Native New Yorker Mike Repole first dabbled in Thoroughbred racing ...

A few years ago, Nicole Matthews decided she was ready to adopt a horse. “It was a big, but natural decision for me,” said Matthews, who has owned horses off and on throughout the years. “My grandparents raised me, and horses were always a main element in my life. I was a horse crazy child and that has never changed.” When a local barn ...

Five stallions standing in Mexico have joined TrueNicks. All stallions are part of Germán Larrea's Rancho San Jorge group. Almuhathir (TrueNicks) is a Capote half brother to Met Mile (gr. I) winner and successful sire Wild Rush. The immediate family also includes graded stakes winner Summer Raven and her Holy Bull (gr. III)-winning son Winslow ...

Penny Chenery recently announced that Horse of the Year Zenyatta will be the recipient of the inaugural Secretariat Vox Populi (''Voice of the People'') Award.  Chenery and her family raced the great Secretariat, a two-time Horse of the Year and a major fan favorite. A release from Secretariat.com, stated that the award will ''recognize a ...

Next week, Blood-Horse magazine officially kicks off its Kentucky Derby coverage with a Derby preview cover story, the Derby contenders’ racing and pedigree profiles, and, of course, the Derby Dozen.And, as usual, coming up with a top 12 list is not going to be easy. Once you get past the four major contenders – Uncle Mo, To Honor and Serve, ...

Alex's Pal, photo by Louise Reinagel With winter weather advisories issued across the state of Pennsylvania, at least value-seeking Northeast breeders can warm up to the intriguing stallion Alex's Pal (TrueNicks,SRO). After standing his first few seasons in Florida, the half brother to Successful Appeal (TrueNicks,SRO) has had a solid ...

Mary Lou Whitney's acceptance speech upon receiving the 2010 Eclipse Award of Merit, Jan. 17, 2011, Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel: I am deeply honored and humbled to receive this prestigious award. I have loved the sport of Thoroughbred racing ever since Sonny Whitney introduced me to it in 1958.  I am grateful for the honor—in a small ...