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Oratory (TrueNicks,SRO), the #2 first crop sire in Maryland, missed the 2009 breeding season at Country Life Farm with an injury but it's all systems go for 2010. The son of Pulpit was never off the board in his racing career and carried the Darley silks to an impressive stakes record win in the Peter Pan S. (gr. II) at Belmont Park. Out of the ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA  Lots of great racing around the country this Thanksgiving weekend.  Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, Fair Grounds, Hollywood Park, and Sam Houston, among others, are each preparing for big days of racing and dining.   Nothing better than turkey and dressing at the track. The whole ...

This may be a contrived recreation of Oak Tree at Santa Anita’s decision to rename the Lady’s Secret Stakes the Zenyatta Stakes, but the immediacy of it and its knee-jerk nature suggest it could be a possible scenario. Whether it has any substance or not, it is an insult to Lady’s Secret and a lack of respect for her placing among the all-time ...

Okay, everyone have all the Zenyatta/Rachel stuff out of their system? I didn't think so, but we'll move on to some actual racing anyway. This weekend's lineup is tremendous, with 16 graded stakes at Churchill, Aqueduct, and Hollywood. I'm especially looking forward to the 2-year-old races, as well as the Cigar Mile and Clark ...

  Scott asks: When I run a TrueNicks with Candy Ride and one of my mares, Surf N Sand, it appears to be a complete outcross in the first five generations, but the nick is an A++. He's an excellent phenotype for the mare, so I'm very curious about the nick. Thank you in advance and keep up the good work. I thoroughly enjoy having ...

By Chris Dawahare, Operations Manager for BloodHorse.com In the past week, we've launched two new pages on BloodHorse.com - the Community page and a completely redesigned Horse Health section. We've replaced the Blog Stable link in our main navigation with a link to the Community page. You can access all of the blogs from here, but if you ...

The most important aspect of any business is the relationships that are built. We are not immune to that in the publishing business, our relationships being with our customers, whether they be subscribers, advertisers, Web site visitors, etc. The Thoroughbred owner has many important relationships, but none more so than the one that exists with ...

The Stallion Affinity Report provides you with a detailed list of Broodmare Sires that cross well with your stallion. You tell us your stallion's name and location standing, and we'll tell you which Broodmare Sires cross for a TrueNicks-recommended rating of B+ or better. You'll receive your Stallion Affinity Report electronically, but we'll ...

  Is there light at the end of the tunnel? A glimmer of hope? The Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which was devastated last year by the global financial crisis, indicated the market could be stabilizing when the median remained the same from 2008. In addition, the declines in the gross and average price were much less than they had ...

By Gene Kershner, EquiSpace So as the anticipation builds (are you holding your breath?) for the Breeders' Cup Committee to release their rotation plan for the next few Cups (or maybe more), I am putting out there my dream rotation and in-depth reasons why.  There is much debate on whether pre-setting the lineup makes sense or ...