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By Lenny Shulman (Originally published in the July 17, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)    With the year’s initial sale of yearlings in the rearview mirror, what do we make of the Thoroughbred industry’s journey along ...

Breeding a mare by a stallion whose only group wins came at six furlongs, to a stallion whose two group wins came at five furlongs is not exactly the usual way of getting a 1½ mile classic winner. But when the stallions in question are Danehill and Pivotal, normal principals don’t always apply. Thus we have the 2010 Deutsches Derby (gr. I) hero, ...

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By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA   Earlier this month, I took advantage of the long Fourth of July holiday weekend to spend a few days with family and friends and get away from the constant barrage of phone, e-mail and  text messages which tend to dominate work life for so many of us these days.  Well, honestly, ...

  Krypton ''Super Man'' is the middle name my sister wished to give me after being born. Although my parents said no to this, her being almost 4 at the time, My sister adorned me with ''Isaac'' after the very cool waiter from the hit TV series Love Boat. My sister has an interesting obsession with Superman, not unhealthy, but ...

Many racing fans are prepared to state emphatically that Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra are two of the best, if not THE best, fillies of the past half-century. The list from which to chose, however, is longer than most think. Below is a reminder just how extensive that list is. With almost half the year still remaining to define Zenyatta's and ...

As we've talked about before in other blogs, there seems to be a larger than usual number of Breeders' Cup divisions with no true standout. Yes, we are only in July, but it's still a bit unusual to be searching for the top horse in several classes. One of the unsettled divisions is the turf males, which was dominated by Gio Ponti last year. ...

Reader challenge: Identify these two stallions and the only runner bred by crossing them together. This specific cross is a subset of a strong nick that has already produced two grade I winners – who are they and what is the nick? Leave your guess in the comments section below. Responses will be posted on Monday, July 19. Good luck! UPDATE: ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held August 2-3 in Saratoga Springs, New York. August 2nd - Hips 1-100, 7 PM August 3rd - Hips 101-202, 7 PM TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath ...

There weren't any real surprises - either good or bad -- at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select yearling sale. The results just hammered home, yet again, what we already knew. Buyers are selective and very careful about how they spend their money. The progeny from stallions' first crops, once wildly popular, are declining in their appeal as ...