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There can be only two possible reasons for why the post position numbers 12, 13 and 14 are hung on the trees that are closest to the majority of people who venture near the walking ring to see the horses saddled. (1) Nobody gave thought to the idea that more people could watch these proceedings by placing the numbers one, two and three on these ...

 With the United States anticipating the release of Secretariat, let's shift focus on another country's new horse racing movie. Korea.Movie Trailer: Overview:Grand Prix basically follows the course of a girl's determination to be the first prominent female jockey in Korea. Seo Joo-Hee suffers a breakdown to her favorite horse ...

By J. Keeler Johnson, ''Keelerman'' The horses are ready. The stages are set. Saratoga and Del Mar, hosts of the two most prestigious summer meets of the year, are about to play host to something even bigger: the King and the Queen of horse racing. On the east coast there is Saratoga, almost two weeks into its 142nd meet. Devil May Care, ...

Imagine that we had the opportunity to import a top international sire to the U.S. – consider Pivotal and Redoute's Choice, champion sires in Europe and Australia, respectively. Linked below are the Stallion Affinity Reports for these stallions, detailing their affinities with all active broodmare sires. Which stallion do you think would best fit ...

This year's Perfect Trip Award will recognize a Breeders' Cup Challenge race winner from this season's North American races that best exemplifies a ''Perfect Trip''. The winner will be selected from a panel of racing experts and will have the opportunity to experience his or her own ''Perfect Trip'' through Sentient Jet, with ...

If you extracted from the proceeds the nearly $6.5 million that Sheikh Mohammed paid for 14 yearlings, Fasig-Tipton would be looking at a pretty disappointing result from its traditionally strong two-day Saratoga auction.  Surprisingly, it was trainer Todd Pletcher acting for Besilu Stables, and not the Sheikh, who signed the slip ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Fasig-Tipton Texas Summer Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held August 30 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. Monday, August 30 - Hips 1-363, 10 AM TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip ...

The results of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale taught us a few things and reminded us of others we might have forgotten in the euphoria of the auction’s performance last year, which generated upswings in a generally down market. (1) The market is still treacherous. If consignors want to get horses sold they have to be very careful ...

Reader challenge: Identify the following four horses represented by their 3-cross pedigrees. Note that Broodmare Sire x is the same horse in all pedigrees, as is Sire y. It may be useful to consult the list of TrueNicks subscribed stallions to solve this week's puzzle. TrueNicks ratings are up-to-date as of time of publishing, but the exact ...

While I'm on vacation, I have asked Jordan Miller (who many of you know as Gun Bow) to contribute a guest blog.By Jordan Miller For me, there are few things as special in life as attending the races; I couldn't agree more with the euphemism that a bad day at the track is better than a good day most everywhere else.  Unfortunately, ...