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In an upcoming issue of The Blood-Horse MarketWatch, pedigree expert Avalyn Hunter (''Mahubah's Corner'') will explore the widely-held belief that wins in specific races are a good predictor of future stallion success. In addition to the research we're doing to see if this is actually true, we'd like to get a good idea about what our readers ...

The Blood-Horse MarketWatch has just released a special report packed with sire statistics and prospective pinhook information for the upcoming Keeneland September Yearling sale marathon. The special report is available free to MarketWatch subscribers on the MarketWatch Web site. Any subscriber who has not registered on the Web site ...

''Run Like a Girl'' is the slogan that NYRA marketing officials are using to promote Rachel Alexandra's appearance in the Woodward Stakes on Saturday. Attendance and handle are slightly down and the superstar filly represents the last hope that the track has for getting even on the year with last year. The unofficial over/under on the ...

Footstepsinthesand who, like his sire Giant's Causeway (TrueNicks,SRO) , stands under the Coolmore umbrella, was represented by his first black-type winner when the filly Sent From Heaven (TrueNicks A++) captured the Sweet Solera Stakes (gr. III). She is out of a mare by Danehill, as are Footstepsinthesand's other two stakes horses, Chachamaidee ...

If asked to nominate the freshman sire most likely to be the first North American or European stallion to be represented by a group or grade  I winner, it is a fair bet that few experts would have nominated Powerscourt (GB) (TrueNicks,SRO) .A tough, much-travelled son of Sadler's Wells, who was first past the post in back-to-back renewals of ...

Last week we wrote that Careless Jewel had put up a Rachel Alexandra-like effort in crushing the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) field. Fast forward a week, and we find four-year-old Icon Project, delivering her Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I) rivals a 13½ lengths drubbing. Icon Project (TrueNicks A++) is the second grade I winner and one of eight total ...

.postComments, .commentsContainer, .commentForm{display:none;} .questionForm{display:block} Trainer Tim Ice has gone from being a relatively unknown trainer based in Louisiana to one of the shining young stars in the profession, largely due to the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) and Shadwell Travers (gr. I) successes of Summer Bird. A native of East ...

Quietly and without much fanfare, Linda Rice has been putting up big numbers at Saratoga. With just six days remaining in the meet, the 45-year-old trainer is tied with Todd Pletcher in the trainers standings with 15 wins. Maybe most impressively, Rice's 15 wins have come from just 45 starters, 55 fewer than Pletcher. Rice, who learned ...

SIRES From Action This Day and Afleet Alex to Yonaguska and Zavata, a total of 288 stallions are represented by at least one yearling at the upcoming Keeneland September sale. With 5,189 foals offered, each stallion is represented by an average of 18 colts and fillies. Some especially well-represented stallions -- 29 studs each have 50 or more ...