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Warrior's Reward (TrueNicks) is now available on TrueNicks, and the stallion prospect is likely to retire to Spendthrift after the Breeders' Cup. A 4-year-old colt by Medaglia d'Oro, Warrior's Reward remains in training with Ian Wilkes for owner Steven Miles. Warrior's Reward won the seven-furlong Carter H. (gr. I) at Aqueduct in April over ...

I will be the first to admit that I am not a regular reader of O, The Oprah Winfrey Magazine.  However, more than 2.5 million people, mostly women, do read O each month. I also don’t often visit Oprah.com, Winfrey’s Website that attracts an estimated 70 million page views a month. But this week, we racing fans might want to check out ...

Busy week for consignors, buyers, and officials at the Keeneland September yearling sale, where 4,857 yearlings are catalogued.Two of those yearlings are by Storm Cat, who was represented by his last two yearling offspring at public auction. North America’s leading sire of sales yearlings for seven years, Storm Cat, now 27, is pensioned at ...

Move over Zenyatta, Blame, Quality Road, and Lookin At Lucky. You may have company in the form of a Japanese invader. Espoir City, a speedy 5-year-old horse by Japanese stallion Gold Allure, who was a son of Sunday Silence, is being pointed to the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) on Nov. 6 at Churchill Downs. The connections have had the plan in ...

TrueNicks welcomes Roseglade Farm’s Margie's Wildcat (TrueNicks,SRO), a son of Storm Cat and Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Hollywood Wildcat. Margie’s Wildcat is a half or full brother to five stakes horses, including Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. I) winner and sire War Chant, English group II winner Ivan Denisovich, and stakes winners Ministers Wild ...

After some time to reflect on the select portion of the Keeneland September yearling sale, I've decided to give it a grade of B+. Designed to provide more excitement and glamour, the nighttime sessions delivered on the former and produced - as Dogwood Stable Cot Campbell said - ''a glimmer'' of the latter.   The auctioneers and bid spotters ...

We're proud to release a new look to our website, TrueNicks.com. As you’ll see, the sleeker layout is more inviting than our previous “blog only” framework, and we expect the new site will allow us to provide new products and enhancements to breeders in a user-friendly format. In the upper right corner of the homepage, you’ll notice a drop down ...

Oklahoma-based stallions Song of the Sword (TrueNicks) and Tales Not Told (TrueNicks) have joined TrueNicks, and breeders are now able to run unlimited free reports on these stallions. The pair stand at Legend Farm. Song of the Sword, by Unbridled’s Song, was on the Triple Crown trail in 2004, turning in a solid second in the Illinois Derby (gr. ...

It's been a long while since we asked ''Is this a broodmare?''  So, here's the deal:  I introduce a Thoroughbred mare that I've found offered for sale, point out a few reasons why a breeder might want to take a shot on her, and spend equal time considering her negatives.  Then I ask you -- breeders, horse fans, or ...

In honor of the upcoming stakes weekend at Woodbine, here's a crossword puzzle that I'm sure many of you will have fun with. The first person to solve the puzzle will be invited to write a guest blog here on TrueNicks.com. Post your answers here, or email to me at ian@truenicks.com. The solution will be revealed on Wednesday, September 22. Here's ...