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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 ...

OK, the curtain is about to go up for the revival of “My Cup Runneth Under.” Most of the audience is disgruntled. The cast is not as strong as it should be; the stage is poorly constructed; the ensemble is too large with too many amateurs; the producer should have moved the show to a different venue. Everyone is bitching and complaining, and ...

His stable is not nearly as large as some of the other big name trainers, but when the Breeders' Cup gets underway in just over two weeks, Ken McPeek is likely to have more starters than anyone in the four juvenile races. McPeek is expected to have at least one starter in each of the juvenile events--the Juvenile Turf, Juvenile Fillies Turf, ...