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We don’t see a lot of graded winners bred in New Jersey, but one who hails from the Garden State is the Commonwealth Handicap (gr. II) winner, Together Indy, a four-year-old by Maryland’s perpetual leading sire, Not For Love (TrueNicks,SRO), out of I Ain’t P T, a daughter of A.P. Indy (TrueNicks,SRO). Rated B+ by TrueNicks, Together Indy has a ...

The rush to judgement that we mentioned last time with regard to Ghostzapper (TrueNicks,SRO), along with the current economic climate has led to opportunities for some countries to purchase stallions that would have been well-beyond reach a year or two ago. One such example is Lion Heart, who was exported to Turkey for the 2010 breeding season. ...

Okay, so I have some major adjusting to do from my last Top 10 on March 14. Odysseus (previously No. 1) was injured in a disappointing Blue Grass, Noble's Promise (No. 4) was banged up after a disappointing Arkansas Derby, Interactif (No. 6) might not even be entered in the Derby after a disappointing Blue Grass, Drosselmeyer (No. 7) does not have ...

(Originally published in the April 17, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)    Purses at Keeneland are among the highest in the country, and the Central Kentucky track offers a wide array of graded stakes during its 16-day spring ...

Many 2-year-olds in training are still scheduled to go through the sale ring this year, but the five major select juvenile auctions ended their 2010 run in early April at Keeneland after kicking off in February with the first of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s two elite sales. In general, the results were much more encouraging than 2009's ...

Although he was relatively sparingly-raced – 11 starts in four seasons – and carefully-managed, both form book and speed-figures suggest that Ghostzapper (TrueNicks,SRO) is worthy of a place alongside the all-time greats. Indeed, a record that includes wins in the 6½ furlong Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I); the seven furlong Tom Fool Handicap (gr. II, ...

Saturday’s results are a perfect example why it is mere folly to compile Derby lists starting in January. It’s OK for fun and people enjoy doing them and debating over them, but the Derby trail has changed so dramatically in recent years, many stakes results in January, February, and March prove for the most part to be meaningless come April and ...

Tragically, the brilliant Dubai Millennium died after serving just one season at stud. He was represented by just 56 registered foals, of which 35 started, and five were stakes winners. The best of his three group winners was the colt Dubawi, winner of the National Stakes (gr. I), Irish 2,000 Guineas (gr. I) and Prix Jacques Le Marois (gr. I), and ...

While his brother Giant's Causeway (TrueNicks,SRO) has been ruling the roost – he was Leading Sire of 2009, and currently leads the table again this year – Freud (TrueNicks,SRO) has quietly been making his way towards the head of the stallion ranks in New York. He’s so far sired 17 stakes winners and 35 stakes horses (for a number approaching ...