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River Edge is home to three of the top 13 stallions in the Golden State.  With grade I winners like Brother Derek, Idiot Proof and Silent Sighs, Benchmark (TrueNicks,SRO) has emerged as the best sire son of the great Alydar. Currently third on the California sire rankings, he's got seven stakes winners in 2009, including the graded winner ...

It might seem hard to believe, but only a handful of years ago, Sadler's Wells' legacy as far as the extension of his male-line appeared to be in severe doubt. That is no longer the case, and we were treated to a number of reminders of over the weekend.Sadler's Wells' son, High Chaparral has been rather in the shadow of his stud companions Galileo ...

Richland Hills is home to four very promising young stallions.Purim (TrueNicks,SRO) is the only grade I winning son of Dynaformer at stud. His big win came in the 2007 Shadwell Mile (gr.1) on the turf at Keeneland and he's also a graded winner on dirt. He hails from the same female line that has produced Dr. Fager and Unbridled.Star Dabbler ...

Do the Americans have any legitimate chance to win the second biggest race at the Breeders' Cup--the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf? Right now, I would have to say no. With Gio Ponti being pointed toward the Classic, it seems that most Americans are pinning their hopes on Presious Passion. Yes, he has runaway speed and hypothetically could run the ...

By Frank Vespe, That's Amore Stable  Once upon a time, there was a trainer widely considered to be “mad” and also a “genius.”  His name was Michael Dickinson. Most often, the words “mad” and “genius” were combined; most people thought of him as a mad genius, tinkering with exotic approaches to the hidebound game of horse racing and ...

We mentioned the under-appreciated Sadler's Wells grandson, Singspiel, here a few weeks ago, and he had another juvenile group winner in Zeitoper (TrueNicks A++), who captured the Prix de Conde (gr. III). He's out of the English 1,000 Guineas (gr. I) and Oaks (gr. I) winner, Kazzia (who also took the Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (gr. I) in the ...

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It looks as if we have a pretty strong European freshman sire crop this year. The weekend saw Danehill's son Oratorio vault into third - to Shamardal and Dubawi, with Footstepsinsand fourth - when his offspring finished first and second in a close fought renewal of the Dewhurst Stakes (gr. I).The winner, Beethoven, is out of Queen Titi, a daughter ...

There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth about the rotten economy during the recent Thoroughbred marketplace meltdown, but John Sikura of Hill ‘n' Dale Farms doesn't think the global financial crisis is the biggest reason for the sharp downturn in the auction business. ''I might be in the minority but I don't believe the economic crisis ...