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January 2008 - Posts
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Complimentary ratings for all 12 sires standing at Stonewall Stallions are now available on TrueNicks after the Versailles, Ky., nursery became the latest farm to sign up to provided the service. The Stonewall Stallions are headed by Medaglia d’Oro, a...
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TrueNicks users are now able to get complimentary hypothetical matings with a trio of stallions standing at Richland Hills near Midway, Kentucky.
The trio are first-year stallions Purim and Storm Surge, and second-season sire, Star Dabbler. Purim is a...
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Stallion managers and broodmare owners have offered some interesting insights since the release of TrueNicks. One stallion manager told me that he would come across clients who would reject matings that rated A on another nicking product because they...
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TrueNicks welcomes three new sires in the shape of Crestwood Farm stallions Kipling, Noble Causeway, and Unbridled Energy. Crestwood is located in Lexington, Ky.
Kipling is by Gulch and out of Weekend Storm–a Storm Bird full sister to Summer Squall...
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Lexington’s Hurricane Hall is the latest farm to sign up to provide complimentary TrueNicks ratings for its stallion roster. Managed by Ben Walden Jr., Hurricane Hall stands first year stallions English Channel, recently crowned as the champion turf horse...
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Even though the race took place at the “Santa Anita speedway,” Bob Black Jack’s Sunshine Millions Dash splits of :20.92 and :42.46, which led to a final time of 1:06.53–the quickest ever run on a track other than turf–more than likely makes...
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The latest farms to subscribe to provide complimentary TrueNicks are Vinery Kentucky and Vinery Florida. Vinery’s Kentucky operation stands 10 stallions including leading freshman sire Posse; flagship stallion More Than Ready; Breeders’ Cup Sprint...
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The 6-year-old Giant’s Causeway horse Angliana, who captured his first stakes with a win in last week’s Aqueduct Handicap, has a very clever pedigree pattern. Out of the graded stakes winning Jade Hunter mare Pratella, he earns an A TrueNicks score on...
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By Louis Quatorze – a horse very capable of getting a top-class runner, but not the most consistent stallion in the world – out of a South American mare, Repent was somewhat difficult stallion to evaluate when he retired to stud in Florida for the 2004...
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One nick which made a considerable advance at the weekend was that of Awesome Again with mares by Seattle Slew and his sons. The broad Deputy Minister/Seattle Slew cross has proved to be a productive one, with grade I winners including Pool Land, Hello...
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While the Golden Slipper Stakes (Aus-I) might not mean much to the average North American Thoroughbred breeder, with its AUS$3.5 million purse–which is just on US$3 million today–it is in fact the world’s richest race for 2-year-olds...
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The successful return of likely 2-year-old champion filly Indian Blessing in the Santa Ynez Stakes (gr. II) at the weekend was a pleasing one for me, having had a very small part in her story. Back in 1999, I was dispatched to the Keeneland January sales...
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The TrueNicks Web site now has an RSS feed. For the more tech-savvy of our readers, you can now subscribe to the TrueNicks RSS feed to get all the latest postings on the site fed into your reader. Click on the RSS feed on the left hand column to subscribe...
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“Curiouser and curiouser” cried Alan. The anomaly of widely differing nick ratings on an identical cross is a very strange one.
When TrueNicks rates Unbridled’s Song with a Miswaki mare, the result is a “D,” based on the direct cross of Unbridled...
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As good-looking and talented as he was, Siphon (BRZ) presented something of a puzzle for breeders when he retired to stud. The Brazilian-bred winner of over $3.1 million was by Itajara (BRZ), a son of the French-bred Felicio, from a male line that went...
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