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What is the TrueNicks rating?The TrueNicks rating is a score that reflects the degree of affinity between the sire and broodmare sire (or sire line and broodmare sire line) of the subject horse or hypothetical mating. To ensure that the resultant rating is the result of true opportunity, the TrueNicks score is based on a calculation that ...

By Vic Zast  Red and white are the colors of Saratoga Race Course, but green is the color of money. That’s why this 140-year-old racetrack, recently strapped to the brink of bankruptcy along with the other New York Racing Association tracks, will be opening today with a new, air-conditioned luxury box on the finish line and a “Restaurant ...

TrueNicks is proud to welcome the stallions from both the Kentucky and Texas divisions of Lane's End Farm as the newest rosters to join TrueNicks. This exciting development enables TrueNicks users to obtain complimentary ratings for nearly 30 stallions, among them some of the world's leading sires. The Lane's End Kentucky powerhouse is home to ...

Something important must happen before a problem can be solved. It must be acknowledged that a problem exists. After analyzing the data in a study released this week by The Blood-Horse, and listening to a discussion of the information by six industry participants, it is clear that a problem exists. It is far from clear what must be done to ...

About a month ago, we were discussing sire-line outcrossing and a reader suggested looking into the German stallion Monsun (GER) (pedigree). At the time, the 3-year-old Monsun grandson Kamsin (GER) (pedigree) was a group III winner -- a solid runner but perhaps not one who had yet earned international acclaim.  He was still several ...

The Man o' War Stakes (gr. I) witnessed not only the defeated of Curlin on his turf debut, but also a return to form of the 2006 Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I) hero Red Rocks, who was taking his first stakes win since the spring of 2007. Red Rocks, a son of one of Europe's dominant sire Galileo, is out of a mare by Machiavellian, who - like Galileo's ...

Although there were only a couple of so-called glamour races this past weekend, there were enough heroes that emerged to make me start having second thoughts about certain subjects I’ve been commenting on. So, in the spirit of the current presidential race I’m going to do some flip-flopping and go from cynical to optimistic regarding these ...

In the upcoming months, TrueNicks has a number of innovations and new products to unveil. Some will be quite visible while the others more subtle. One of the changes in the latter category will be the migration of this site in a couple of days from the current standalone platform you see today onto the powerful Blood-Horse Community Server where ...

  Opening weekend at Saratoga. In the world of horse racing, there are few phrases that can come close to it. The beauty. The atmosphere. The excitement. The fun. The best. Saratoga is horse racing. For those who have done it, you know what I'm talking about. For those who haven't, get there. Because until you do, you haven't experienced ...

I’m cramming one more blog in this week, as I’ll be taking a Saratoga break over the next week and a half. So, enough about Big Brown and Curlin for now. It’s time to delve into something much lighter.Every so often starting now, just to break up the monotony of my often long-winded comments, I will toss in 10 trivia questions. As soon as you know ...