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Leprechaun Racing's Mike Mulligan, the president of the National Association of Two-Year-Old Consignors, talked about his outlook for the upcoming juvenile selling season and the pinhooking business recently with The Blood-Horse. Read what he had to say:   The Blood-Horse: How do you think this year's juvenile auctions will perform in this ...

“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…”So goes the oft-quoted line penned by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities, his 1859 novel that describes the days of the French Revolution and the proletariat’s fight against the aristocracy.The Thoroughbred breeding industry finds itself facing both the best and worst of times, and it has ...

 It was an excellent weekend on the old trail, with some first-class performances, not only by the winners, but several of the losers as well. The latest Top 15 follows the column. From a visual and statistical standpoint, Pioneerof the Nile’s victory in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) was as impressive as we’ve seen this year. Sure, ...

As some of you may remember, it was in early March of last year when I watched a video on YouTube of Big Brown destroying an allowance field at Gulfstream and posted it on this blog. It was hard to watch that race and not feel like Big Brown was something special. Thanks to a couple bloggers giving me a heads up, I have that same feeling again ...

Risen Star - Fair Grounds I expected to see many of the same horses from the Lecomte in here (there are four), but didn't expect to see a total of 13 entered. It has made for a very good, but challenging betting race. We'll find out a lot about several so-called Derby contenders after this one is over. If you watched That Handicapping Show you ...

Valid conclusions aren't possible unless research methods are meaningful.  The other day, I discussed Bold Ruler bloodlines in hot synthetic sires.  It was clear that Bold Ruler and his fellow Nasrullah sire Nashua were present in a disproportionately high percentage of top all-weather sires. The question is, are Nasrullah bloodlines ...

A month before he took the big prize in one of the most exciting Kentucky Derby races in recent memory, I mentioned Big Brown as an interesting sire prospect.  His pedigree is brilliant, and offers promise to all kinds of mares, save those with an abundance of Northern Dancer blood. Turns out that the $65,000 stud fee was neither too high ...

Silver City (by Unbridled's Song (TrueNicks,SRO) out of a Mt. Livermore mare) recently brought the Fappiano/Blushing Groom (FR) cross into news highlights, winning the Dixieland Stakes at Oakland Park Jan. 16. The next day, things really shifted into high gear. First there was the win for The Pamplemousse (Kafwain - Comfort Zone, by ...