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Headley Bell of Mil Ridge Farm and Nicoma Bloodstock believes stud fees have fallen far enough for the Thoroughbred industry to start seeing some significant positive effects. The signs, he said, include the following: ''I, for the first time, was shut out on stallions that you wouldn't even have to ponder before. You werehaving to move sooner on ...

(Originally published in the January 9, 2010 combined issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)    Researching the leading regional sires of 2009, a coincidence was noted among the leading sires of the year in Maryland, California, and Florida: Not For Love, ...

One of the key parts of the TrueNicks calculation is that it does not calculate a nick based on stakes winners being produced out of the same mare. As good a mare that Cee's Song is, her results are effectively counted as one effort on the calculation of Relaunch with Seattle Song mares for example. However, Truenicks does calculate ratings where ...

Here's hoping everyone had a great New Year's and is refreshed and ready to go for a fun Triple Crown season. This will be the final post on Breeders' Cup Chat before the blog switches over to Triple Crown Talk next week. I'm looking forward to trying to find the 2010 Derby winner with you all. Should be a great ride. Here are my Eclipse Award ...

Malibu Moon (TrueNicks,SRO) has had many good years at stud but 2009 was his best. He ranked #11 on the General Sire List with over $6.9 million in progeny earnings and was represented by a pair of grade I winners in the year just concluded.Grandsons of A. P. Indy like Tapit and Sky Mesa (both by Pulpit) are going great guns. In 2010 we’ll see the ...

The wickedly fast Weigelia (TrueNicks,SRO) was an eight time stakes winner in his career and earned over $1 million. He set two track records, one at Belmont and one at Monmouth Park and his brilliance is even more impressive when one considers how sound and durable he was. He started 12 times at 3 and 10 times at 4 (winning a combined five ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Gluck Center Study Documents Anti-inflammatory Activity of Resveratrol in Horses Product Receives Positive Response from Veterinarians, Trainers, and Owners Nicholasville, KY, January 12, 2009 - Biological ProspectsTM Equine Health, manufacturer of EquithriveTM brand nutraceuticals, announced today that the University ...

The Belong to Me son Capitano (TrueNicks,SRO) was multiple graded-placed at 2, running second in the Norfolk S. (gr. I) and the Best Pal S. (gr. II). He was again multiple stakes placed at 3 before reeling of stakes wins at 4, 5, 6 and 7. Overall, he won or placed in 12 blacktype races in his career and earned $576,894. Capitano is out of the ...

It would be hard to find a stallion in Kentucky with a pedigree better than the Sparks View Farm stallion Heart of the Storm (TrueNicks,SRO). He’s by the legendary Storm Cat out of the Bold Hour mare Amelia Bearhart. This makes him a brother to multiple grade I winner Chief Bearhart (Horse of the Year in Canada twice and an Eclipse winner in the ...

No story in the past decade transcended the Sport of Kings more than Barbaro’s eight-month struggle to survive, during which he had to undergo major surgeries and numerous procedures, and live in constant discomfort. All of America became engrossed in his story, and each time Barbaro battled back he reached deeper into people’s hearts, whether ...