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2010 Thoroughbred Pedigree & Genetics Symposium Announced
Thursday, August 19, 2010 11:15 AM

THE BLOOD-HORSE PRESENTS THE FIRST LIVE EVENT FOCUSED ON THOROUGHBRED PEDIGREE AND GENETICS TO BE HELD IN KENTUCKY The Blood-Horse magazine, in conjunction with Pedigree Consultants ( Visit Site ), announces the first Thoroughbred Pedigree and Genetics Symposium , to be held at the Marriott Griffin Gate hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 11, 2010. The 2010... Read More...

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Updated Cross Notations for TrueNicks
Friday, August 13, 2010 12:00 PM

TrueNicks cross notations are now more descriptive, telling you specifically which generations are being considered in each rating. To make the nick rating statistically relevant, TrueNicks requires at least two stakes winners or 15 starters to rate a cross. If these criteria are not met by the direct Sire/Broodmare Sire cross, the TrueNicks algorithm incorporates... Read More...

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Eskendereya Joins TrueNicks
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 2:00 PM

photo by David Alcosser, courtesy Taylor Made TrueNicks welcomes grade I winner and three-year-old standout Eskendereya ( TrueNicks ). The son of leading sire Giant's Causeway will stand the 2011 breeding season at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., in partnership with Stonestreet Farm . Eskendereya became an early Kentucky Derby favorite with back... Read More...

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Alluvial Joins TrueNicks
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:00 PM

TrueNicks welcomes Alluvial ( TrueNicks , SRO ), half brother to successful sire Stormy Atlantic standing at Breeders Station near Lexington. An eight-year-old son of Forestry , Alluvial was produced from Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I) winner Hail Atlantis (by Seattle Slew ). In addition to Alluvial and Stormy Atlantic, Hail Atlantis has produced stakes winner Mr.... Read More...

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TrueNicks Welcomes Desert Party
Monday, August 09, 2010 2:45 PM

Multiple graded stakes winner Desert Party ( TrueNicks ) has been retired and will stand the 2011 breeding season at Darley's Jonabell Farm near Lexington, Ky. A $2.1 million two-year-old purchase, the son of Street Cry (IRE) ( TrueNicks , SRO ) out-sprinted Vineyard Haven in the six-furlong Sanford Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga. In Dubai at age three, Desert Party... Read More...

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Grade I Winner Bullsbay Joins TrueNicks
Monday, August 09, 2010 10:00 AM

Grade I winner Bullsbay ( TrueNicks ) has been retired and will stand at Northview Stallion Station near Chesapeake City, Md., for the 2011 breeding season. The son of Tiznow earned $923,245 during a career that included a victory in the 2009 Whitney Handicap (gr. I), where he defeated Macho Again and Commentator . Bullsbay also won the Alysheba Stakes (gr. III... Read More...

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Sing Baby Sing Joins TrueNicks
Monday, August 02, 2010 3:00 PM

TrueNicks welcomes graded and multiple stakes winning sprinter Sing Baby Sing ( TrueNicks , SRO ), a new stallion for 2011 standing at Lane’s End Texas. A son of Unbridled's Song ( TrueNicks , SRO ), Sing Baby Sing captured the six-furlong Phoenix Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland, and his career included stakes wins on dirt, turf, and synthetic, ranging from six... Read More...

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Line of David Joins TrueNicks
Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:00 AM

Arkansas Derby (gr. I) winner Line of David , who retires to B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm for the 2011 breeding season, has joined TrueNicks. Making his first stakes appearance in the Arkansas Derby, Line of David ( TrueNicks ) set quick fractions and held off gr. I winner Dublin and subsequent Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Super Saver , with gr. I winner... Read More...

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Denman and Time Thief Join TrueNicks
Monday, July 05, 2010 1:00 AM

We are pleased to announce the addition of new Darley Australia stallions Denman (AUS) ( TrueNicks ) and Time Thief (AUS) ( TrueNicks ). Group I-winning sprinter Denman retires as the best son of Australia’s leading third crop sire Lonhro (AUS) ( TrueNicks , SRO ). Denman won nine of twelve career starts, including the Golden Rose (gr. I) over 1400 meters. A... Read More...

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Pure Precision Joins TrueNicks
Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:00 PM

TrueNicks welcomes Pure Precision ( TrueNicks , SRO ), a fast and precocious son of Montbrook standing at Blackstone Farm near Pine Grove, Pennsylvania. Pure Precision is out of the speedy Distinctive mare Al’s Helen , winner of the First Flight Handicap (gr. III) over 7 furlongs. Al's Helen is a half sister to gr. II winner and sire Straight Man , who was second... Read More...

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Champion Summer Bird Joins TrueNicks
Wednesday, June 09, 2010 11:00 AM

TrueNicks is proud to announce our first new stallion addition for the 2011 breeding season – Champion 3-Year-Old Summer Bird ( TrueNicks ) who retires to Pauls Mill in Versailles, Kentucky. Summer Bird’s historic 3-year-old campaign included Grade I victories in the Belmont ( Video ), Travers ( Video ), and Jockey Club Gold Cup ( Video ). It had been 20 years... Read More...

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Kitalpha, the Newest TrueNicks Stallion
Friday, May 21, 2010 7:00 AM

TrueNicks is proud to announce our newest stallion. The beautifully-bred Kitalpha ( TrueNicks , SRO ) stood his first five seasons in Zimbabwe, but when his runners so thoroughly dominated the racing scene in that country, Kitalpha was soon brought to Kentucky. His initial crop of 45 named foals included both the Zimbabwe Champion 2-Year-Old Colt and Filly. Kitalpha... Read More...

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Sky Conqueror on TrueNicks
Wednesday, May 05, 2010 2:00 PM

Grade I winner Sky Conqueror ( TrueNicks , SRO ) was named 2006 Champion Canadian Male Turf Horse after sweeping that season's Northern Dancer Breeders' Cup Turf and King Edward Breeders' Cup (both Can-II). Following his championship season, he took the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. I) at Churchill Downs over Better Talk Now and Einstein, and then repeated... Read More...

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Eliza Park Stallions Now on TrueNicks
Friday, April 30, 2010 5:00 PM

One of Australia's premier stud farms, Eliza Park stand 11 exciting stallions that are now available on TrueNicks. Earlier this month, Eliza Park announced the addition of Wanted (AUS) ( TrueNicks ), winner of the 1200m Newmarket Handicap (gr. I) and son of hot young sire Fastnet Rock. Wanted looks to be one of the most popular first-season stallions for the... Read More...

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Dosage & Nicking Report Now Online
Friday, April 30, 2010 1:00 PM

A new TrueNicks report is now available for free download. In Practical Use of Dosage & Nicking in Thoroughbred Breeding , we ask pedigree experts Dr. Steve Roman (creator of the Dosage Index) and Alan Porter (co-developer of TrueNicks) to explain each pedigree analysis tool and suggest practical breeding strategies. This report also includes pedigree analysis... Read More...

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