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There are a great number of horses that hold cherished names from the Star Wars saga.  The more recent names are the heros and villains I will be touching on in this post.  Let's see if you recognize any of these talented four footed friends.Dark VaderHan SoloJadei KnightLord VaderObi WanObi Wan KenobiStar Wars LegacyThough there have ...

A signifcant plurality of readers -- 47.62%, to be specific -- responded to my recent poll that the dam or female family is the most important ''weed-out'' data when examining a sales catalog. It's sure the way that I go myself.  I actually keep a list of mares that I watch for each time a new catalog comes out. Most of the mares that ...

Latest in the growing band of regional farms to sign its stallions up for TrueNicks is Fox Tale Farm of Coopersburg, Penn. Fox Tale has added a graded stakes winning trio in Pies Prospect (TrueNicks), Request for Parole (TrueNicks), and Smart Guy (TrueNicks). Pies Prospect - (Crafty Prospector - Hot Pillow, by Bates Motel) won six races and over ...

Empire Stud became the first New York stud farm to enroll its stallions on TrueNicks, making available complimentary hypothetical matings with Sunriver (TrueNicks, SRO), Defer (TrueNicks, SRO), Chief Seattle (TrueNicks, SRO), and Midas Eyes (TrueNicks, SRO). Sunriver and Defer are both newly retired for the 2008 stud season. Sunriver, a brother ...

When Langfuhr retired to stud, he looked a very logical horse to try with Mr. Prospector-line mares. Not only was he a son of Danzig, a line that has done well with Mr. Prospector, but he also carried Fleet Nasrullah, a close relative to the dam of Mr. Prospector. Not surprisingly, Langfuhr has been tried extensively with Mr. Prospector-line ...

March Madness always grips me each year.  As a sports fan, the idea of teams working hard to peak at the prime of the season is awesome. The training, endurance, and camaraderie must fuse into one body, one mind.  The competition is tough and challenging. This competition is what is fun; seeing teams play their best against other teams ...

After a slightly hesitant start to his stud career, champion older horse Lemon Drop Kid has rebounded to establish himself as a very solid racehorse sire. With his first crop having just turned 6, he has 23 stakes winners, eight of them graded and three grade I. He enjoyed a good weekend, with millionaire Cosmonaut winning the Tampa Bay Stakes and ...

With Saturday's Sham Stakes the only significant Derby prep this past weekend, all eyes were focused on Santa Anita. The race itself did not disappoint, as Colonel John held off El Gato Malo during a stirring stretch duel, knocking the latter from the ranks of the unbeaten. However, although both 3-year-olds stamped themselves as legitimate West ...