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Feedback from TrueNicks users and other readers of this blog comes in various formats -- some by email, some by comments to our article posts. Most are printable, a few are not. An email just arrived from a subscriber to both TrueNicks and a rival service. We figured that while the comment was not meant to be complimentary, we would publish it and ...

The term ''sire of sires'' is a coveted position in our commercial Thoroughbred world. Such title invariably vests an increase in stud fee, or at least underpins the established service fee as sons of these stallions are sought after in the sale ring and as they retire off the track. It is, after all, much easier to ''sell the dream'' of a son of ...

If you're not completely familiar with the basic premise of sire-line nicking, here it is in a nutshell:  Specific affinities of stallions of one male line for mares from other sire lines -- called nicks -- have made a profound impact on the development of the Thoroughbred. Today's powerful data-processing computers have now made it ...

Quite a weekend for the Danzig sire line again -- Danehill Dancer keeps on doing the job. Another stakes winner in the well-related (and well-named!) What's Up Pussycat, a TrueNicks A rated filly. Interesting to note that she is owned in part by M.V. Magnier, son of John. Add to this Westphalia, a progressive 2-year-old for Aiden O'Brien who ...

Question:  I have a stallion named Basketball Court (by Doneraile Court out of Stage Bulletin, by Rare Performer), a stakes winner with a record of 6 wins, 3 places, and 2 shows from 20 starts. How could I best get him out to the breeding public? Could TrueNicks help a smaller stallion?  Byron's answer: Thanks for your email. ...

While it is a little off topic, I thought it worthwhile to make comment on Darley America's recent announcement of the recruitment of Street Boss to their stallion ranks. An obscenely good looking horse with racetrack talent to match, Street Boss follows another son of Street Cry (IRE) (TrueNicks, SRO) in Street Sense (TrueNicks, SRO) -- ...