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Some time ago on this blog we noted that second-year sire Macho Uno (TrueNicks, SRO) was one to watch. The champion 2-year-old of his crop and half-brother to Awesome Again was represented by Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III) and Breeders' Futuirty (gr. I) victor Wicked Style, and two-time stakes winning filly Swifty Victress, with his first ...

The Reading Room was every bit the Pump Room when Liz Tippett used to drive to the Union Avenue clubhouse for lunch in “The Outlaw,” her lavish, black and yellow, horse-drawn road coach.  It isn’t that any longer.Yet, Cot Campbell has enough of old-school savoir faire to make even a catered afternoon one of the classiest Saratoga ...

Storm Cat's five-year reign as the leading sire of sale yearlings ended in 2006, when he dropped to second on the list with an average price for his progeny of $1,255,038. In 2007, he ranked third, when the average dropped to $544,038, suggesting buyer enthusiasm for his offspring was waning. But prices for Storm Cat's yearlings could rise again ...

It is not often that we have a posting on this site with a history lesson included but it seems in order after the 2-year-old filly African Skies (TrueNicks A) impressively won the Princess Margaret Stakes (gr. III) at Ascot on the weekend. African Skies is a daughter of the Ashford Stud stallion Johannesburg and is out of the Woodman mare Rababah ...

We posted a story over the weekend regarding the outstanding matriarch Best in Show and it happened to be the weekend that another great mare in Lassie Dear stepped up and showed her wares! The ''Lassie Dear Weekend'' started when Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor's Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (TrueNicks A+) made it four group Is in a row in Ascot's ...

A horse that not only broke his maiden, but is also a movie starrrrr? This just needed to be posted, due to the novelty factor. The segment duration is from :22 seconds to 1:10 minutes. That is all you need to see.

Although I have discussed Evening Attire and his stirring performances in mile and a half races at age 10, I feel I must say something about another amazing old boy, Commentator.These are the horses and stories that stir our souls and reach deep into our heart…and remain there. We all have our favorite Triple Crown horses and speak of them with ...

Many guys will admit, if pressed, that within 30 seconds of meeting a new girl, they place her in one of two categories: a potential date or a possible friend. I think most pedigree geeks do something similar when first encountering a new mare.  Is this a potential broodmare prospect?  Or is she better off in another ...

On Sunday Kent Desormeaux won his 5,000th career race, becoming just the 23rd jockey to accomplish that feat. Below, courtesy of NYRA, are the top 100 riders of all-time, by wins. Name Starts Wins Seconds Thirds Earnings Russell A. Baze* 44,608 10,204 7,703 6,420 $156,377,346 Laffit A. Pincay, ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston California steward Tom Ward thinks the racing public is too sensitive right now, because of Jeremy Rose's ''accidental'' striking of a horse across the face with his whip repeatedly.  So I guess, we should just give Garrett Gomez a pass because he admittedly hit his filly across the mouth Sunday, after her ...