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The headlines on BloodHorse.com have told the same story every night for the past two weeks:  with a few exceptions at the top of the market, it's a bad time to be selling yearlings. I've been crunching numbers from the Keeneland September yearling sale every evening these past couple of weeks -- I review data for the daily Auctions ...

The newly retired Circular Quay (TrueNicks,SRO) is the latest stallion to join the burgeoning TrueNicks roster. The 5-year-old son of Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Thunder Gulch had classic aspirations of his own after an impressive victory in the 2007 Louisiana Derby (gr. II). The previous season he was a contender for an Eclipse Award with ...

TrueNicks proudly announces that Regal Heir Farm's Freefourinternet (TrueNicks,SRO) is the latest stallion to enroll in the TrueNicks program. The durable son of Classic winner Tabasco Cat eclipsed the $1 million mark in career earnings in his long and distinguished racing career. He was a stakes winner in Europe as a 3-year-old and earned blac ...

Several of you have asked about the status of Georgie Boy, who has become a big fan favorite, especially out West. I was able to contact his owner, George Schwary Sept. 19 to get the latest. The story is below. By the way, Schwary, 75, is one of the most likeable guys you would ever want to talk to. He is sincere, humble and just a genuinely nice ...

Say it ain't so. The Broad Brush sire line suffered a setback today when it was announced that his son Mongoose (SRO) has been sold to stand in Peru. (Full story.) Don't get me wrong --  I hope Mongoose goes down there and wins every sire title for the next 15 years.  It's great to see interest in American bloodlines from other ...

So I was working the red carpet for the TOBA awards dinner Saturday Sept. 8th.I was really inspired by the winner of New Owner of the Year. Jeff Bessa was interviewed on the red carpet, and gave a great speech on how he used The Racing Game and TOBA to get started in the Thoroughbred Industry.You can watch that video here.What does it take to race ...

A look at the leading North American sires list shows Tiznow ranked No. 2 and Giant’s Causeway No. 3. What else is new? They wouldn’t have it any other way.The two horses have been pretty much joined at the hip from the time they lined up against each other in the starting gate of the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Classic (Tiznow in post 12 and Giant’s ...

I ducked out of work this afternoon and drove the 2.2 miles to Keeneland for a bit of horse-watching.  There were two ''Day Nine'' hips that had caught my attention when I went through the catalog way back when it came out, and I wanted to see them. Hip #3086 (catalog page) was a bay filly by Yes It's True (SRO).  Her ...

Quite a weekend for the Danzig sire line again -- Danehill Dancer keeps on doing the job. Another stakes winner in the well-related (and well-named!) What's Up Pussycat, a TrueNicks A rated filly. Interesting to note that she is owned in part by M.V. Magnier, son of John. Add to this Westphalia, a progressive 2-year-old for Aiden O'Brien who ...

Watch out -- what seems to be a lot of discordant topics will merge by the end of the post -- I promise! AIRDRIE STALLIONS Airdrie Stud stands a large roster of stallions that offer value to breed-to-race operations, including several commercially attractive studs.  It's easy to appreciate a farm that stands sons of both Holy Bull (SRO) and ...