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  • Euro Action -- Sea the Stars

    In England this past weekend Sea The Stars (IRE) captured the Stanjames.com Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) at Newmarket, adding another chapter in the remarkable story of the late Urban Sea. The 1993 CIGA Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) heroine, a daughter of Miswaki, has been represented by eight starters, and all eight of them are stakes ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 05-07-2009
  • Live Cover vs. Artificial Insemination in Thoroughbred Breeding -- Why The Jockey Club Has It Right

    I often disagree with the way that The Jockey Club is administered.  And I know I'm not the only one who alternates between ''annoyed'' and ''baffled'' and ''exasperated'' about some of the organization's policies.  But one area where I applaud The Jockey Club is its firm adherence to the rule of live cover (The Jockey Club Rule ...
    Posted to The Five-Cross Files (Weblog) by sgillies on 05-06-2009
  • Greatest Kentucky Derby Upsets

    Mine That Bird's stunning Kentucky Derby win at odds of 50-1 provided the second highest payoff in the history of the race, but where does it rank in terms of great horses that lost the Derby to ''lesser'' opponents.  We've put together a list of some of the upset Derby winners, with a brief explanation of each race below the poll, to help ...
    Posted to You Make the Call (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 05-06-2009
  • Churchill Downs or a Boat?

      A lot of media has covered the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) this year. Therefore a lot of images and video has been created across the web about the wonderful event and here are a few morsels you should taste. Here is a red carpet interview by Alex (Stable Boy) with the Lonely Island guys aka Andy Samberg from ...
    Posted to Adam's Turf (Weblog) by aspradling on 05-06-2009
  • Post-Derby Blues in Kentucky

    Man, that didn't take long. The Churchill Downs meet will be into its ninth day May 7, and already the horse population is a question mark. The May 7 program consists of eight races, instead of an expected nine, and the May 8 program has 10 races instead of 11. Field size is light--there are five six-horse fields May 8--even though the Kentucky ...
    Posted to At Large (Weblog) by JerseyTom on 05-06-2009
  • Smart Strike is a Rising Broodmare Sire

    Since 2003 The Blood-Horse MarketWatch has published an annual analysis of the top 400 broodmare sires by their Average Earnings Indexes (AEI). This year's study, which is featured in the April issue, includes Smart Strike for the first time because his daughters' progeny met the minimum criteria of five North American runners in ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 05-06-2009
  • Ghanaati is Giant Cause for Celebration

    Giant's Causeway (TrueNicks,SRO) had no luck with his son Hold Me Back in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), but he was still represented by a weekend classic winner when his daughter Ghanaati captured the Stanjames.com One Thousand Guineas (Eng-I). Ghanaati was making her seasonal debut -- her last start came in October -- ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 05-06-2009
  • Tied Together -- Birdstone, Medaglia d'Oro, and Musket Man

    Several recent posts inspire us to take a quick look at some similarities -- perhaps coincidental -- between the pedigrees of Birdstone (TrueNicks,SRO), Medaglia d'Oro (TrueNicks,SRO) , and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) third Musket Man. As we've mentioned (here), Birdstone's sire Grindstoned is out of a mare by Drone (whose ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 05-05-2009
  • Wild and Wooley

    by Dan LiebmanTrainer Bennie ''Chip'' Woolley Jr. had a rough start to the year. He crashed his motorcycle in some gravel and broke his leg, and his stable was having a tough time winning races, with one lone maiden winner from 32 starts.On May 2, his year got better. Chip Woolley won the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).Which is ...
  • Haskin's Derby Recap: Rare Bird Sightings

    Well, we saw one bird fly over the rainbow. The vast majority of experts and racing fans were astounded, aghast, and amazed at Mine That Birds otherworldly performance in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), in which he took off on a demonic dash as if he were being chased by a swarm of angry hornets. Read the full ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 05-05-2009
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