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Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held July 13-14 at Fasig-Tipton's Newtown Paddocks facility in Lexington, Kentucky. July 13th - Hips 1-203, 11 am July 14th - Hips 204-407, 11 am TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks ...

(Originally published in the July 3, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Lenny Shulman  In virtually every U.S. Presidential campaign the candidates seek to fire up voters by telling them the upcoming election is undoubtedly the ...

Reader challenge: Name all three racehorses and the race that was won by all three. Leave your guess in the comments section below. We will hold all comments until Wednesday, June 30, at 11:00am EDT. UPDATE: Congrats to refrain who correctly identified Pleasant Tap (TrueNicks,SRO), Kelso, and Silver Buck. Pleasant Tap won the 1992 Suburban ...

We are all aware of the big names in the 3-year-old division who won or competed in one or more of the Triple Crown races - names like Lookin At Lucky, Super Saver, Drosselmeyer, Ice Box, Fly Down, First Dude, Uptowncharlybrown, Paddy O'Prado, Jackson Bend, Make Music For Me, Dublin, Stately Victor, Game On Dude, and Mission Impazible. But could ...

Well-backed on the day, the filly Devil May Care looked a brief threat in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) before fading late. Making her first start since that effort, and back against her own sex, Devil May Care ran out a convincing winner of the Mother Goose Stakes (gr. I) on Saturday. Her victory was part of an excellent weekend for here sire, ...

In the Irish Derby (gr. I), Cape Blanco, who had defeated Epsom Derby (gr. I) winner Workforce in the Dante Stakes (gr. II) but disappointed in the French Derby (gr. I), boosted the classic form by leading home an Aidan O’Brien one-two-three. All three are Sadler’s Wells grandsons: both the winner, and runner-up, Midas Touch, are by Galileo, and ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA  Last week, the NTRA’s lobbying team secured introduction of important federal legislation to protect our $1.3 billion market for advance deposit wagering.The bill, H.R. 5599, clarifies the relationship between the Wire Act, a 1961 federal criminal statute aimed at illegal bookmaking, the ...

With the summer yearling sales season rapidly approaching, let's consider the important factors when making a yearling purchase. Assuming that a yearling displays ideal athleticism, what is most important to you when buying a sales yearling? Explain your choice in the comments section below. Assuming ideal athleticism, what's most ...

Anyone else feeling the post Triple Crown, pre-Saratoga/Del Mar summer doldrums? It's nothing to be ashamed of or feel bad about. It happens every year in late June. We just need to make it through these next few weeks and all will be well in the racing world. By then, the mid-summer classics will be underway, the Breeders' Cup Challenge series ...