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As many of you know, there aren't many horses in training that I like more than Fabulous Strike. The gutsy 6-year-old will try for his second Vosburgh win next week and then a decision will be made whether to send him back to California for the Breeders' Cup Sprint, where he finished fifth a year ago. Until very recently, I thought Fabulous ...

The day off from selling at the Keeneland September yearling sale provides consignors and buyers alike a chance to catch their breath after the first four days of the auction while preparing for the remaining days of the two-week long sale. The harsh reality of the severity of the drop in the market had set in (for the first four days, the gross ...

Belford Farm in Mt. Gilead, Ohio is the first Ohio farm to sign on with TrueNicks, enrolling their newest stallion, Bold Truth (TrueNicks,SRO). While Bold Truth is the first TrueNicks stallion in the Buckeye State, he is among the last direct sons of Seattle Slew still in service. He was graded stakes-placed at Saratoga as a three-year-old and ...

A lot of the key North American action was focused in Canada this weekend. The most valuable race of the weekend was the $1,000,000 (Canadian funds) Woodbine Mile (gr. I), which was taken in storming fashion by the five-year-old mare Ventura (TrueNicks A++). She is a reminder of just how severe a loss the premature death of her sire, Chester House ...

Free TrueNicks reports for Aptitude (TrueNicks,SRO), Empire Maker (TrueNicks,SRO),First Defence (TrueNicks,SRO) and Mizzen Mast (TrueNicks,SRO) will once again be available tobreeders for the 2010 season courtesy of Juddmonte Farm. Multiple grade I winner and multiple classic-placed Aptitude carried theJuddmonte colors with distinction in his ...

Signature Stallions in Reddick, Florida has renewed their subscription toTrueNicks for the 2010 breeding season. The William Schettine-owned stallion stallion station is home to seven stallions,including Florida's leading second crop sire in Chapel Royal. The son of Floridastalwart Montbrook also ranks among the top ten second crop sires ...

It’s never too early to start thinking about the Kentucky Derby. Rank the Derby potential of these top 2-year olds: writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/KDwinner2010.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in alphabetical order) to the blank placeholders on the ...

Kentucky-based Margaux Farm will once again sponsor free TrueNicks for theirsix stallions for the upcoming year.  Devil His Due (TrueNicks,SRO) and Cryptoclearance (TrueNicks,SRO) are the two veterans of the Margauxroster. Both tough, consistent multiple grade I winners who each earned over$3 million, the stallions combined have sired 78 ...

Between Woodbine, Belmont, and Louisiana Downs, this weekend has shaped up to be a very intriguing and deep graded stakes calendar. Let's try to make it a profitable one. Woodbine The Woodbine Mile was good to me last year, as I banged Rahy's Attorney at 12-1 and had the $700+ tri. Hopefully Sunday will produce the same kind of results, but I ...