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Talkin' 'Bout Shaft
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:00 AM

Dada, dada, dadaa, da, da, daa….Who's the horse with hot three-year-old crop? Shaft! Mine Shaft!. With due apologies to the late Isaac Hayes, we think there are plenty of reasons to be "talkin' 'bout" Mineshaft ( TrueNicks , SRO ), who missed an historic double at Saratoga on Saturday by about an inch. The only Horse of the Year by A.P. Indy ( TrueNicks , SRO... Read More...

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Juvenile Oasis
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:00 AM

We mentioned in an earlier post that the crack two-year-old and sprinter Oasis Dream has several talented middle-distance runners, including top four-year-old filly Midday. However, he can still get the kind of two-year-old that his race record and pedigree would lead one to expect, and he had a pair of juvenile stakes winners last week in Approve (TrueNicks... Read More...

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Freshman Sires Starting Fast
Friday, August 20, 2010 10:00 AM

Following on from Alan Porter's article on freshman sires ranked in the top 10 nationally , below is continued analysis of freshman sires that have already sired stakes horses. ... A second son of Forestry ( TrueNicks , SRO ) with a 2010 freshman stakes winner is Maryland-based Deputy Storm ( TrueNicks , SRO ), a very speedy individual who was out of the Canadian... 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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Pedigree Time Machine: Relaunch
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 12:00 PM

With the La Jolla Handicap (gr. II) set for this Saturday at Del Mar, featuring Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Sidney's Candy , let's take a brief look at the 1979 La Jolla winner – Relaunch . The three-year-old Relaunch won three starts at Del Mar during the month of August, 1979 – first was an easy five-length win in a 8.5-furlong turf allowance; one week... 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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Poll: Pivotal or Redoute's Choice?
Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:00 AM

Imagine that we had the opportunity to import a top international sire to the U.S. – consider Pivotal and Redoute's Choice , champion sires in Europe and Australia, respectively. Linked below are the Stallion Affinity Reports for these stallions, detailing their affinities with all active broodmare sires. Which stallion do you think would best fit the U.S. broodmare... 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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Dansili Redux
Friday, July 30, 2010 11:00 AM

Following on from Alan Porter's post on the continued success of Dansili , here is a look at his offspring's stakes results over the last two months. Winning distances range from six to 16 furlongs and include grade/group I winners Proviso and Harbinger . In his current crop of 148 two-year-olds, Dansili has seven winners, highlighted by group III winner Zoffany... Read More...

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Maria's Mon Still on Fire
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:00 PM

The last three months have been incredible for offspring of the late Maria's Mon . Sire of two Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winners in Monarchos (2001) and Super Saver (2010), and 2006 Champion Three-Year-Old filly Wait a While , Maria's Mon died in 2007 at the young age of 14. His final crop includes 100 two-year-olds of 2010. Date Runner Broodmare Sire TrueNicks... 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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