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Embrace the Storm (TrueNicks,SRO) is a winning son of Storm Cat out of a very good Overbrook Farm family. He’s out of the Overbrook stakes winning Saint Ballado mare Country Storm, a daughter of grade I winner Cuddles. He was purchased for $400,000 as a juvenile.Multiple stakes winner Diligent Prospect (TrueNicks,SRO) showed uncommon speed in his ...

Hey everyone. Im on vacation for the holidays but wanted to check in with a final blog before the New Year. This one is a nice Q&A with owner Rick Porter courtesy of Wesley D. White. I hope you enjoy. I want to make sure to wish everyone a terrific holiday season and a safe and fun New Year. I look forward to returning at the start of the ...

Steve Haskin's Look Back at the Decade  Editors of The Blood-Horse challenged senior correspondent Steve Haskin to fill in the blanks on several “best of” lists for the decade of 2000-2009. While several of them appear in the Dec. 26/Jan. 2 combined issue of the magazine (mailing on Dec. 29), there wasn’t space for them ...

Cashel Castle (TrueNicks,SRO) reeled off five consecutive victories to begin his career, including stakes wins in the Hoosier Juvenile S. at 2 and the Lafayette S. (gr.III) as a three-year-old. He’s by the underrated Mr. Prospector stallion Silver Ghost out of the Unreal Zeal mare Desviacion, a sister to grade I winner Lunar Spook. Cashel Castle ...

The well named grade I winner Albert the Great (TrueNicks,SRO) racked up over $3 million on the track and has sired a pair of grade I winning millionaires so far in his second career, Nobiz Like Shobiz and Albertus Maximus.Coastal Storm (TrueNicks,SRO) is by Storm Cat out of grade I-winning Carson City mare Pearl City, a sister to the good Storm ...

The TrueNicks Auction Guide pages for the Keeneland January are now available. TrueNicks ratings are available for the progeny of all TrueNicks enrolled stallions as well as for in utero foals by subscribed stallions. This information is provided free of charge Keeneland JanuaryIf you have any feedback on what you would like the auction page ...

TrueNicks subscribed stallions can now be searched on TrueNicks.com by the state where they stand. This is in addition to Alphabetical and By Farm listings available on TrueNicks.com. “We’re constantly looking for ways to promote the TrueNicks subscribed stallions,'' said Byron Rogers, co-founder of the TrueNicks Thoroughbred pedigree nicking ...

Steve Haskin's Look Back at the Decade  Editors of The Blood-Horse challenged senior correspondent Steve Haskin to fill in the blanks on several “best of” lists for the decade of 2000-2009. While several of them appear in the Dec. 26/Jan. 2 combined issue of the magazine (mailing on Dec. 29), there wasn’t space for them ...

Through the years Ben Walden has developed outstanding stallions like Red Ransom, the leading first crop sire of 1994 (with a then record six first crop juvenile stakes winners). In 2010, we’ll see the debut crops of two more Walden-managed stallions in Bellamy Road (TrueNicks,SRO) and Artie Schiller (TrueNicks,SRO). They began their careers at ...

There was a 'lucky' ending to the last major two-year-old contests of the year with Looking At Lucky taking the Cashcall Futurity (gr. I) and Blind Luck the Hollywood Starlet Stakes (gr. I). Lookin At Lucky is a son of Smart Strike (TrueNicks,SRO) , who won’t repeat his Leading Sire titles of 2007 and 2009, but who has had enjoyed another ...