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When Oaklawn Park owner Charlie Cella announced he would ante up $5 million in an attempt to lure Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta to the April 3 Apple Blossom (gr. I) we all knew it was a longshot at best. Everyone wondered aloud, “How can Rachel be ready by then?” On Feb. 10, Jess Jackson, co-owner of Rachel Alexandra, answered our question: “She ...

From the blog Horsin' Around Not many horses are quick enough to set a track record, and when they do it isn't often they duplicate that performance. It is even rarer to see a horse set a eclipse his own record while receiving no pressure or encouragement whatsoever. Last year I saw only one horse do just that, and her name was Rachel Alexandra, ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' 2010 Fasig-Tipton Calder Select 2-Year-Olds Sale page. The Fasig-Tipton Calder auction holds the juvenile sale records for gross revenue, average price, and median price. The marks for gross and average of $62,187,000 and $403,812, respectively, were established in 2006. The record of $250,000 for median was set in 2007. ...

Cindago (TrueNicks,SRO) broke his maiden in stylish fashion as a juvenile at Santa Anita, leaving eventual grade I winner Latent Heat in his wake. As a 3-year-old the colt knocked off two more grade I winners, Wood Memorial S. (gr. I) winner Bob and John and Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Brother Derek, in the El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar. ...

Denis of Cork (TrueNicks,SRO) began his career with three straight decisive victories. He won his debut as a two-year-old at Churchill Downs and culminated his winning streak in the grade III Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park. He confirmed his quality in the subsequent Triple Crown series, running third in Big Brown’s Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and ...

If you wanted to win an important turf race in Southern California in 2002 and 2003 you had beat Johar (TrueNicks,SRO) to do it. The Richard Mandella-trained runner won or placed in 10 grass stakes on the circuit during that span, winning the Oak Tree Derby (gr. II) and Hollywood Derby (gr. I) at 3. As a 4-year-old he added the San Marcos H. (gr. ...

Bim Bam is a son of Deputy Wild Cat (by Deputy Minister, out of Champion Hollywood Wildcat, and a brother to stake winner Minister’s Wildcat, and half-brother to War Chant (TrueNicks,SRO) ), who stands at Fairberry Farm in Illinois. Deputy Wildcat has sired just 64 foals in his first three crops, and two of these are stakes winners, Bim Bam, and ...

Last Saturday, Quality Road erased the Gulfstream Park nine furlong track record that he himself had established in the 2009 Florida Derby (gr. I), earning a Ghostzapper (TrueNicks,SRO) -like 121 Beyer in the process. Quality Road’s sire, Elusive Quality (TrueNicks,SRO) can now claim to be responsible for three truly outstanding horses; Smarty ...

Ramblings on recent developments in horse racing: One of the more intriguing developments in the Zayat Stables bankruptcy case is the revelation one can receive a mortality payment on an un-dead horse. … Are there similar policies for humans as well? The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission investigation into Thoroughbred owner Michael Gill ...