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This will be my final thoughts on racing's hottest current debate--Horse of the Year. After this, I'll let everyone else continue to drill on a subject that surely will not go away any time soon. First of all, let me say that I am not in favor of having a separate ''both'' option on the Horse of the Year ballot. I say let the writers vote for ...

Boboman (TrueNicks,SRO) is a grade I winner by Kingmambo, who already has a very successful American son in Lemon Drop Kid. In fact, Boboman is bred on the same Kingmambo/Seattle Slew cross as Lemon Drop Kid. Bred and raced by Wertheimer & Frere, Boboman was a very versatile runner in his racing days. He won the Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. I) and ...

Repent (TrueNicks,SRO) , who was just announced as moving from Vinery, Kentucky to Empire Stud in New York had a pair of stakes winners last weekend. His two-year-old filly, Beijin (TrueNicks A++) won the Donna Freyer S. at Philadelphia Park. She is out of a Forest Wildcat mare, but the pedigree is also interesting for having four crosses of Bold ...

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There appears to be a “glimmer of hope,” Keeneland associate director of sales Tom Thornbury said Nov. 16. For those who make their living breeding and selling Thoroughbreds, that glimmer shines brightly as they try to make sense of the bloodstock market. Thornbury’s comments were echoed by several consignors who saw positive signs in the results ...

 A short Breeders' Cup story: Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt Stopping to talk with Jerry O'Connell about the Breeders' Cup Classic. I asked Jerry ''Having any luck today?'' as he responded ''no not really'' and we began chit chatting. I was definitely curious about who he liked in the Classic and so that was most of the ...

Kim asks: I did a TrueNick with Bertrando and Benson's Girl (by Buddha) and it said no rating. What does that mean? Alan's response: Thank you for the inquiry. For TrueNicks to compute a rating there must be either two stakes winners bred on the cross, or 15 starters.If there are insufficient stakes winners or starters on the ...

We have assembled a dream race featuring some of the great fillies and mares of Thoroughbred Racing History. The race will be at a mile and an eighth on the dirt at Belmont Park. The track is fast and you can assume perfect trips for all. How do you think that they will ...

I'm looking back at the Feb. 20, 2004, issue of The Blood-Horse MarketWatch awestruck at the numbers representing Bobby Frankel's racing year in 2003. He won 13.6% of the 353 graded stakes run in North America that year and won 35% of the grade I races. Frankel had 25 grade I wins and 48 graded stakes wins. Out of his 189 stakes starts in 2003, ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston Just wanted to remember Bobby Frankel today and relive some of his greatest wins.  A filly he loved, Flute. 2001 Kentucky Oaks   Frankel did a masterful job of handling Sightseek's career knowing her strengths and sticking with them.2004 Ruffian Stakes   Then there is Megahertz, ...