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  • Kris and Diesis -- Brothers Working In Surprising Ways

    There are some crosses that, intuitively, one would expect to work. That of European turf star Diesis (GB) (by Sharpen Up (GB)) with Alydar is not among them. The cross, however, has turned out to be quite effective – it is TrueNick rated A++ - and one of the best examples is Magical Fantasy, who added a weekend win in the Santa Barbara ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 04-22-2009

  • Poll -- Which Derby Horse Has the Best Story Behind It?

    Beginning next week, we'll start analyzing the Derby field closely and talking about our picks. For now, there is still some sorting out to do and workouts to watch. In this blog, I present one very simple question: Which Derby horse has the best story behind it? In other words, if you could pick one horse to win Derby 135 based on his ...
    Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by Jason Shandler on 04-22-2009

  • Sir Harry Lewis: Last In a Line of Great Damsires -- by Scot T. Gillies

    This week came the sad news that 1987 Budweiser Irish Derby (Ire-I) winner Sir Harry Lewis has died.  (An interesting note for you equine health purists:  the Racing Post lists the cause of death as a ''heart attack,'' terminology that is medically inaccurate but commonly used in cases of equine aortic aneurysms and atrial ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by sgillies on 04-21-2009

  • Pulpit Line Prospers

    Parading has had to wait until he turned 6 to win a graded stakes, but he achieved that feat in great style April 19 in the Ben Ali Stakes(gr. III). Bred and owned by the Phipps Stable, Parading is the fourth stakes winner sired by Pulpit out of a mare by Storm Cat. Two of the others are also graded, most notably hot young sire Sky Mesa ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 04-21-2009

  • Fast Facts -- What is the Average Earnings Index (AEI) in Thoroughbred Breeding?

    The Average Earnings Index (AEI) is simultaneously one of the most popular and oft-quoted statistics in Thoroughbred horse breeding, and one of those numbers that tend to be thrown around without actually being completely understood. Fortunately, it's a fairly straightforward concept. To start, here's how we define AEI in TBH ...
    Posted to The Five-Cross Files (Weblog) by sgillies on 04-21-2009

  • Jeannine Edwards Podcast - Listen Now!

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    Posted to Talkin' Horses (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 04-21-2009

  • Mizzen Mast Flourishes With Northern Dancer

    The 1 3/4-mile San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap (gr. IIT) was once one of America’s great races, but it’s gone the way of all other American contests over a distance of ground, either shortened or downgraded. That said, it still paid out a nice $120,000 to winner Midships. He is a member of the second crop of Mizzen Mast, who is ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 04-21-2009

  • Hall Call - by Dan Liebman

    (Originally published in the April 25, 2009 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)   While spending a spring morning watching horses gallop at Keeneland in 1990, I met a relative newcomer to training Thoroughbreds. He was searching for the clockers, and as it ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 04-21-2009

  • 04/25/09 Midwest/Canada Regional: Husky Times

    No matter what the industry, trends in America are often said to start in California and move east. But for the horse industry, Iowa, smack in the middle of the nation’s breadbasket, represents a microcosm of what is going on in so many areas, as breeders and owners battle for survival in the face of strained relationships with the local racetrack ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 04-21-2009

  • April 25, 2009: Dirt or Synthetic: Which Is Safer?

    The Thoroughbred industry’s biggest call to action has been to improve racehorse safety. At $10-million apiece, are synthetic tracks the answer? The loss of Barbaro and Eight Belles attracted unprecedented media attention to Thoroughbred racing. Since then, virtually every aspect of the industry has been publicly scrutinized, including ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 04-21-2009
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