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  The death of Richard Galpin came as a shock. He attended the under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of 2-year-olds in training and was in good spirits even though his face was banged up. Laughing, he explained that he had fallen in a parking lot the night before. Then, just days later, he was gone. Richard, from a journalist's ...

  Based on the results of the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training, Speightstown is winning the popularity contest among first-crop sires. He was the top-ranked first-crop stallion and the second-ranked sire for the auction overall because of the average price of $751,250 for his four offspring that were ...

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 ...