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That remarkable California sire, Unusual Heat, was represented by another graded stakes winner when his daughter, Lightmyfirebaby, won the Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. III) last week, her first victory in a race at that level. Lightmyfirebaby is the fifth graded winner by Unusual Heat, following 2008 grade I winner Golden Doc A, Tucked Away, ...

That Pivotal (GB) is one of Europe's best stallions is not exactly news. However, Cheveley Park Stud's Nureyev grandson recently enjoyed a day that was special, even by his standards. At Kempton on Saturday, April 12, there were three black type events and offspring of Pivotal won all three, with a one-two in one race. First up was the ...

According to a press release, Animal Planet is launching several new series including one entitled ''Jockeys.'' The series is reality TV, with a ''real world meets the equine industry'' feel. I am actually really interested to see the first episode and to see how they will portray jockeys and the horse industry.I think it could bring a lot of new ...

  Big Truck. Bob Black Jack. Denis of Cork. El Gato Malo. For the past couple months we have all heard talk of and read about each of these colts as possible Kentucky Derby starters and/or contenders. The problem is, as of now, all of them are on the outside looking in based on graded earnings. Taking a look at the top 20 earners ...

In an increasingly commercial world it is becoming more and more evident that particular sire lines - and more specifically, one stallion and his sons - can, at least from a commercial sense, quickly dominate the broodmare population of a given country. It then becomes a race for the next sire line - one that fits the dominant sire and his sons ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/shaskin_large.jpg'']Steve Haskin[/image] With the Derby preps nearly complete, and the field for the Run for the Roses coming into focus, it's time for Blood-Horse senior correspondent Steve Haskin to do his annual Derby Preview on Talkin' Horses. Haskin is an award-winning Turf writer ...

Readers of this blog are encouraged to register for the free online introduction to TrueNicks to be conducted Wednesday, April 23 at 2 p.m. During the Webinar, Alan Porter and Byron Rogers will explain nicking theory, the proprietary TrueNicks calculation, and benefits for breeders and owners. Please pre-register for the session by providing ...

We were recently forwarded an e-mail containing an advertisement from another pedigree consultancy that mentioned ''... other pedigree information services that attempt to dazzle you with vast database resources without discriminating the information that matters from the information that doesn't ....'' It also asserts that it chooses not to ...

One of the stallion success stories of 2008 is that of New York's Hook and Ladder (Dixieland Band - Taianna, by Cox's Ridge). Although a very fast horse - he ran a 110 Beyer speed figure as a 2-year-old and subsequently won the Mr. Prospector Handicap (gr. III) and the seven furlong Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Sprint Handicap (gr. II), after ...

Spent a day with Dr. Larry Bramlage in the operating room at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital recently, and quite a number of the patients were yearlings and foals that could one day end up in a sale. It was interesting to see what OCDs and bone chips actually look like. The undamaged cartilage of a joint looks like new-fallen snow with a ...