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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 ...

Free TrueNicks for the 21 stallions standing under the Adena Springs banner will once again be available for the 2010 breeding season. This group includes the very interesting Einstein (BRZ) (TrueNicks,SRO) who was purchased by Stronach Racing prior to the Pacific Classic (gr. I). If not for an impossible trip in the Stephen Foster H. (gr I), ...

Magali Farms in California will have four stallions enrolled in TrueNicks for the 2010 breeding season. Free TrueNicks reports have been available on Decarchy (TrueNicks,SRO) and Decarchy (TrueNicks,SRO) since last fall and Magali will sponsor two additional stallions, Atticus (TrueNicks,SRO) and Ten Most Wanted (TrueNicks,SRO).Multiple graded ...

Theatrical (IRE) (TrueNicks,SRO) 's multiple grade stakes-winning son Hap (TrueNicks,SRO) is one of the latest stallions to join the Indiana stallion ranks. He is also among the newcomers to the TrueNicks roster for 2010. Hap was one of the better middle distance turf runners earlier this decade, winning six graded events at 8, 8 ½ and 9 ...

A sunny day, low 80s, a stern breeze and landscape that rivals serenity. This is the day we were provided with to shoot a video piece to accompany our magazine feature on Dixiana farms. The talent, an incredibly wise and witty Ercel Ellis led the way. We were later joined by farm manager Terry Arnold. The two led Evan Hammonds, and we Blood-Horse ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA A new feature you will now find on ntra.com - with a direct link right off our home page - is  our Breeders' Cup Divisional Blogs section.  We have 15 individual contributors-one assigned to each Breeders' Cup race , and one assigned to the international contenders as a whole.  ...

Just two weeks ago, in a column on sire lines represented at the Keeneland September sale, we noticed that the Byerly/Herod line was a big fat zero -- not a single foal offered. But, then, really not surprising, since the line has long been dormant in North America.  Well, since then another headline has hit the news that concerns ...

When Patricia Cooksey was beginning her riding career in 1979, she was advised to list her name as “P.J.” because many trainers would not ride a female jockey. When she retired in June 2004, Cooksey had been aboard 2,137 winners, second all-time among women riders. Cooksey also made history when she became the first female jockey to win a stakes ...

As promised, here is part 3 of our Fantasy Breeders' Cup races, courtesy of Harry's bar & grill in Lexington. In part 1, Secretariat won the Breeders' Cup Classic with 43% of the vote. In part 2, Dr. Fager took home top honors in the Breeders' Cup Sprint by garnering 41% of the vote. No surprise in either one. I'm not expecting any ...