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It has been a little over two months, ten weeks to be precise, since we launched TrueNicks into the marketplace and the response has been nothing short of overwhelming. With a large roster of stallions subscribed to the complimentary subscription service that allows users to generate their own ratings via either this Web site or ...

A young horse making a bright beginning from among the less expensive ranks is A.P. Indy’s son Jump Start, who is currently advertised at a fee of $10,000. With Littlemiss Allison’s win in the Sam Houston Oaks (her fourth black type win), following on from the success of Sir Whimsey in the Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) the previous weekend, ...

Ryan Mahan is the MC Hammer of the North American Thoroughbred marketplace. He heads the auction crews for Keeneland,  Barretts, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co., the Ontario division of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society, and the New York Breeders' Sales Co. Here's what he had to say during a short visit with ''Hammer Time:'' How do ...

This time one year ago Carl Nafzger was the hottest name in the sport. His tremendous 3-year-old Street Sense was just starting his campaign to the 2007 Kentucky Derby, beginning with his victory in the Tampa Bay Derby. Earlier this week I caught up a considerably less busy Nafzger to ask him to recall, among other things, his spectacular ...

In my last post, I discussed some of the hips offered at the OBS March Selected Sale of 2-Year-Olds In Training. If you're a subscriber to The Blood-Horse, you probably already know about the Data Digest. This publication comes out about a week before major sales and gives buyers useful information about the horses being sold.  It includes ...

I'm not in the market for a 2-year-old. My interest lies in breeding; when I get to the point of bringing a horse to the track on my own, it'll probably be one that I've bred. No, I'm not in the market for a 2-year-old.  But if I were, and the OBS select sale was my venue, I think I'd have to look towards Pulpit this year. It's not ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/remibellocq_large.jpg'']Remi Bellocq[/image] The son of acclaimed equine cartoonist Pierre 'Peb' Bellocq, Remi Bellocq has spent a lifetime around the horse industry. Raised in New York and New Jersey, Bellocq had an opportunity to witness some of racing's greats on the New York racing ...