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By Michael Nikolic, Gathering the Wind A guy I know - I'll call him Juan, since that is what reads on his birth certificate - agreed to come with me to Gulfstream today. Juan and I grew up together. His mother was our boy scout, pack person, thing; my dad was an assistant coach on our little league baseball team. We played varsity soccer ...

Spring seems to have come early for Three Chimneys Farm sire War Chant (TrueNicks,SRO) . On February 7, his very speedy son Chamberlain Bridge took the 5 1/2-furlong Colonel Power Stakes on turf at Fair Grounds by three lengths in a time less than half a second outside the course-record. Out of the Trempolino mare She's Got Class (a ...

TrueNicks is pleased to announce the enrollment of its first two stallions standing in Washington State. Chumaree and Prospected both stand at Homer Thoroughbreds in Burbank, Wa. Chumaree (TrueNicks,SRO) sold for $450,000 as a weanling at the Keeneland November sale. Out of a mare by Secretariat, he is a son of Hennessy, already the sire of ...

TrueNicks is pleased to welcome eight stallions standing at Louisiana's Clear Creek Stud, home to two of the top five Louisiana stallions in 2008, Ide and Afternoon Deelites. Ide (TrueNicks,SRO), a son of Forty Niner, is the sire of 30 stakes horses and was represented by five stakes winners in 2008 alone. Dual grade I winner Afternoon ...

  NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 20, 2009 Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Blood-Horse Publications (859) 276-6809; rbolson@bloodhorse.com   BLOODHORSE.COM ANNOUNCES NEW FREE FEATURES ON AUCTIONS CHANNEL   Lexington, Ky. - BloodHorse.com introduces a newly redesigned ...

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 20, 2009 Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Blood-Horse Publications (859) 276-6809; rbolson@bloodhorse.com     BLOODHORSE.COM'S ''TALKIN' HORSES'' NEXT GUEST: MARK ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  The last twenty years should bring these things to mind when you handicap the Kentucky Derby 1) Did the horse run his best race in winning his last prep or did he run good enough to win, leaving something in the tank 2) If he did run his ''best'' race did it come at least 4-5 weeks out from the ...

Courtesy of Fran Jurga Has the nationwide obsession with the economy (Just how poor am I? I dunno...how poor are you?) pushed some other close-to-the-heart issues to the back burner? A press release published Thursday in Washington informs us that US Representatives Jim Moran (D-VA) and Elton Gallegly (R-CA) will co-chair the newly formed ...

  This Month's Guest: Mark Taylor, vice-president Taylor Made Public Sales Podcast Available - 3/5/2009 A native of central Kentucky, Mark grew up working around Gainesway Farm where his father Joe was manager for forty years.  In 1991 Mark graduated from Clemson University with a B.A. in English. Upon graduation, Mark returned to ...

With all the buzz surrounding Rachel Alexandra's sparkling win in last weekend's Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn, I thought it would be a good idea to catch up with Hal Wiggins. Though the veteran trainer did not say his talented filly would be pointed towards a Derby run, he definitely left the door open. I'm not sure what to make ...