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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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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The father and son team of Machiavellian and Street Cry (IRE) ( TrueNicks , SRO ) made their presence strongly felt in last few days. Machiavellian's daughter. Criticism (GB) (TrueNicks A+ ), one of three...
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Those who have been reading articles on this blog and posts by Alan Porter and me on the PedigreeConsultants.com site will have noticed some time ago that we are big fans of the Deputy Minister stallion...
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In a big weekend for Cal-breds, two sires had a particularly good time. The blazingly fast but lightly-raced Storm Cat son Tribal Rule ( TrueNicks , SRO ) was represented at Hollywood Park by Rule the...
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Parading has had to wait until he turned 6 to win a graded stakes, but he achieved that feat in great style April 19 in the Ben Ali Stakes(gr. III). Bred and owned by the Phipps Stable, Parading is the...
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With the weekend Kentucky Derby trials -- the Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. I), Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), and Illinois Derby (gr. II) -- going to horses (I Want Revenge, Pioneerof the Nile, and Musket Man...
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I haven't paid too much attention to the Godolphin phenom Desert Party ( profile ) -- I've already made it clear who will win the 2009 Kentucky Derby! -- but he's worth a good look. Desert Party is a good...
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