Sire lines

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Northern Dancer Pensioned

The start of the week brought the double-whammy news that both Sadler's Wells ( pedigree ) and Storm Cat ( on SRO ) ( pedigree ) were pensioned. It would be hard to overstate the impact that these two... Read More

Zenyatta Tough to Beat

Zenyatta (Street Cry (IRE) - Vertigineux, by Kris S.) further enhanced the burgeoning reputation of her sire on Saturday with a victory in the Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I). The undefeated 4-year-old... Read More

Momente Passed?

Previously in this blog we had commented about the strange fact that despite standing at the same farm in Australia, Giant's Causeway never received as many Danehill mares as one would have thought reasonable... Read More

Reader Q&A: Inbreeding to Alydar

Jeri from New York asked: I'm pleased to see Empire Stud signed up! Could you ask Alan Porter if there is any value to tying to inbreed to Alydar. I do not see his name come up in pedigrees anymore and... Read More

Grand Slam Lives Up to Name

Ashford Stud sire Grand Slam lived up to his name over the Easter weekend with three stakes winners in three days. On March 21, French-raced and Kentucky-bred 3-year-old War Officer earned a first stakes... Read More

Himyar's Other Line

Last week we looked at the Domino sire line. As a few readers have pointed out, Domino represents only one branch of the Himyar ( pedigree ) bloodline. Even stepping back in the pedigree and looking at... Read More

Cometh the Hour

Cometh the hour, cometh the man... or so the saying goes and in Australia it seems that the hour is arriving for a stallion or sire line to stand up and be counted when it comes to the next leading sire... Read More

A+ Glory

In a previous post , Alan discussed the success of Honour Devil, a son of shuttle sire Honour and Glory out of a Fitzcarraldo (ARG) mare, and noted that it was part of a broader cross that involved another... Read More

Rare Sire Lines: Domino

Over the weekend, I took a short road trip to look at a potential mate for one of my broodmares. This is the first time that I'm contemplating a "breed to race" mating instead of a commercial match, and... Read More

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