The Brother Also Rises

It’s no secret that Giant’s Cauesway is having another very good season. Currently sitting third on the 2008 sires’ list, he has been represented by by 10 stakes winners this year, nine of them graded. He added a new grade I winner at the weekend when his son Frost Giant won the Suburban Handicap in a gritty style very reminiscent of his sire.

The weekend was also a good one for Giant’s Causeway’s brother, Freud. (More…)

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Brothers in Arms

Throughout the history of the Thoroughbred there have been a number of occurrences where full brothers have performed very well at stud – the European foundation stallions Pharos and Fairway, the North American duo Bull Dog and (More…)

Readers Ask: Seeking the Gold/Halo

Q: I was looking for nicks with a mare by Abaginone. Your reports show an A++ for a Seeking the Gold/Halo crossing but all the stakes winners listed are by one sire, Mutakddim, out of Southern Halo mares bred in Argentina. Is this a statistical quirk or a valid basis for generalizing about a Seeking the Gold/Halo nick?

A: Thank you for the question. The calculation for a mare by a son of Seeking the Gold out of mares from the Halo line is (More…)

Golden Daffodil

That under-appreciated Nijinsky II line stallion, Hernando (by Niniski), is having an excellent run with his current crop of three-year-olds, which include the English Oaks (gr. 1) victress Look Here (A+ TrueNick Rating); Casual Conquest (A+), winner of Derrinstown Derby Trial (gr. II) and third in the English Derby (gr. 1); and most recently, on June 24, Indian Daffodil, who took the Prix Daphnis (gr. III), having been second to French Derby (gr. I) winner, Vision d’Etat, on his previous outing. (More…)

Reversing It Out

On Saturday, improving 3-year-old Tiz West scored his first graded triumph when he prevailed by a nose in the Cinema Handicap (gr. III). A son of Gone West, Tiz West is (More…)

Supaseus Spurs the Memories

The recent post by Alan regarding the Ascot stakes winner Supaseus (Spinning World – Supamova, by Seattle Slew) brought back memories for this author as her dam was one of the 100 (More…)