Relaunch -- the most prominent conduit of In Reality's sire line in 2009 -- was well-represented in the pedigrees of weekend stakes winners. These days, Relaunch might be best known as the grandsire of...
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Sunday was a huge day for Dynaformer ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , who scored an international "classic" group/grade I double.Wiener Walzer (GER) scored Sunday in the IDEE Deutsches Derby (Ger-I) and Gozzip Girl...
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We've written a lot abut this year's group of second-season stallions and one of that group -- Speightstown ( TrueNicks , SRO ) -- enjoyed a truly exceptional weekend. It started quietly enough Friday...
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We've often mentioned that More Than Ready ( TrueNicks , SRO ) crosses well with mares carrying Buckpasser lines. This is scarcely surprising as his broodmare sire, Woodman, is out of a Buckpasser mare...
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It might have taken a while for Sadler's Wells to hit his stride as a sire of sires, but he's been making up for lost time at a tremendous rate -- as evidenced this weekend when his line dominated group...
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It was a relatively quiet weekend in international racing, but there was one classic in North America, Canada's classic Queen's Plate. The race went to favorite, Eye of the Leopard, who narrowly held of...
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First it was the Investec Epsom Derby (Eng-I), where the first and second -- Sea the Stars (IRE) and Fame and Glory (GB) -- both came from German female lines. Then Le Havre (IRE) , out of a German-bred...
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WinStar stallions Tiznow and Distorted Humor , who are currently fighting for leadership of the General Sires list, both had good weekends. Distorted Humor ( TrueNicks , SRO ) had two stakes winners, including...
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In recent reports, we’ve given plenty of props – and deservedly so – to the stellar group of U.S. second-crop sires. The most recent weekend, however, belonged to their seniors, the stallions whose first...
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This week's Porter on Pedigrees column at BloodHorse.com discusses the rare classic doubles earned this year by second-crop sires Birdstone and Medaglia d'Oro (both were represented by different winners...
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