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As 2008 draws to a close, we can start to assess the Thoroughbred sire crop that entered stud in 2003.  At this point, those stallions have had their all-important first and second crops complete their 3-year-old season. I compared the year-to-date 2008 Third-Crop Sires list against the 2007 Second-Crop Sires list (BloodHorse.com lets ...

Here is a list of a couple new horses I am watching for the coming new year, thus some are derby projections. At the top of the list is none other than Scooby Dubai. You all know by now how much names mean to me in having fun with this sport, but it isn't just what's in a name, it is his potential. 12/5 finished 1st in a 7f MCL $33,80011/9 ...

Andre Agassi is the perfect poster boy for image trumping reality.  He was the rock star of tennis from the moment he set foot on the court in 1986, but he didn't win his first Grand Slam event until 1992.  Anna Kournikova might be example #2 as she did the same thing in 1999, being the #1 searched item on Google, but only reaching ...

Handicapping is an integral part of the Thoroughbred game, a cerebral exercise that involves time and patience, skill and luck, risk-taking and rewards. But the ultimate handicapping is not done by those who look at exactas and Pick Threes, but by the owners and breeders who realize how high the odds really are.Commodity brokers know how hard it ...

It's that time of year again.  Even when the Thoroughbred breeding market is facing tough times, it's exciting to take a look at the newest stallions on the block. Here are two helpful links: Stallion Register Online list of horses entering stud in 2009.  From Andronikos (GB) to Zanjero, meet all 100+ new sires in the ...

First it was Holy Bull’s rampage in 1994 and then the reign of Cigar. No chronicle of the mid-to-late ‘90s would be complete without recognizing Skip Away’s career, which football pundits would call smash-mouth racing.The story of Skip Away revolves around four basic elements – his remarkable statistics, his toughness, the love of his owner ...

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Michael Nikolic, Gathering the Wind I never gave much thought to routine. Every morning I wake up to a face full of dogs and an hours trudge around the neighborhood. It's nice and quiet and the few desperate souls out at that unholy hour are as numb as I am, so the cowlicks and pajamas are ignored by all. Once I get a cup of coffee in me and ...

Last month while I was proofreading the ''grey pages'' at the back of the Stallion Register -- the charts that trace stallions back to the male-line progenitors of the Thoroughbred breed  -- it hit me that the sire line of Damascus, and in fact the larger Teddy sire line, is in danger.  I thought it would be useful to ...