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My fellow bloggers, I humbly stand here before you to eat some crow, take the heat, face the music--whichever cliché you want to use that suits such an occasion. So here I am to say, I was wrong: Zenyatta is that good, and then some. As most of you know, I was very outspoken in the days leading up to Breeders' Cup Classic. I did not believe she ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston By putting an emphasis on Zenyatta throughout the race, Trevor Denman made a perfect pairing of a memorable call with a race that will stand the test of time. Here is what I heard of Trevor Denman's call: Something about the others. ''Zenyatta is dead last, dead last early.'' yadda-yadda about the ...

Vale of York was one of two Breeders' Cup winners for sons of Green Desert, who has founded his own distinct branch of the Danzig line. Vale of York also has siblings close up as his sire, Invincible Spirit, is out of a mare by Kris, and his dam is by Halling, a son of Kris's full-brother, Diesis (he's the second stakes winner bred on this ...

Ten time stakes winner Costa Rising (TrueNicks,SRO) is one of the newest additions to the TrueNicks. He is one of the all-time great Louisiana-bred runners, amassing over $900,000 in career earnings, third most ever among La-breds. He won some of the most important stakes events in the state by laughingly large margins - the Louisiana Champions ...

 By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA  Breeders' Cup 2009 was outstanding.  Competitive from top to bottom. Inclusive of many of the best horses from around the world. Maddeningly hard to predict for even the most skilled horse player. Life changing for the single winner of the $1.8 million BC Pick Six. And ...

TrueNicks is pleased to welcome Fleming Thoroughbred Farm in Willcox, Arizona, the first Arizona farm to sign on with TrueNicks. Distorted Reality (TrueNicks,SRO) stood his first year in Kentucky and will now take up residence at Fleming Thoroughbred for the 2010 season. As a three-year-old he ranked among the best turf runners of his ...

Later this week we'll be talking about sire prospects -- those top-performing colts from the past year who are likely to enter stud service in 2010.  But after this weekend's Breeders' Cup, I felt inspired to look through the winners list for the event's most likely stallion candidates. Usually it's a no-brainer.  In any given year, if ...

 Stable Boy and I will be posting video reels of horses in Breeders' Cup races. The goal is to split up the horses we have footage of, by race, so you can see what they look like around the track.  So Bookmark/Favorite this page as we will be updating it for videos for each race. DAY 2 Classic [brightcove ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  Are the fans ruining the sport? Is Zenyatta great?  She has only run outside California once.  She's never faced the boys, until now.  She's never raced a longer distance.  She's never raced on grass.  She needs to race on dirt again.  She is too one dimensional.  She needs ...

I have written a lot lately about the importance of wagering to the overall economic health of Horseracing.  Contrary to what some might think, though, I am equally passionate about the many opportunities to sell horse racing as the exciting sporting competition that it is.  And no racing competition is more exciting than the ...