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March 2008 - Posts
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Jeri from New York asked: I’m pleased to see Empire Stud signed up! Could you ask Alan Porter if there is any value to tying to inbreed to Alydar. I do not see his name come up in pedigrees anymore and I have mare by Western Expression whose bottom has...
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Ashford Stud sire Grand Slam lived up to his name over the Easter weekend with three stakes winners in three days. On March 21, French-raced and Kentucky-bred 3-year-old War Officer earned a first stakes win by capturing the Prix Montenica at Deauville...
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Amy from Lexington asks Alan: I work for a small farm in Lexington and have been helping to plan matings. I really enjoy pedigree research and learning all the theories behind different nicks / crosses inbreeding / outcrossing, etc. The main problem I...
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Horsemen will have an opportunity to learn more about the value of pedigree nicks in April, when TrueNicks co-founders Alan Porter and Byron Rogers host an online seminar to discuss the TrueNicks service. Here’s your opportunity to ask for clarification...
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Yesterday brought the news that champion 3-year-old filly Rags to Riches was to be retired and bred to Giant’s Causeway. The match of the history-making Belmont Stakes (gr. I) heroine with Storm Cat’s leading son is one that should create a tough runner...
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Cometh the hour, cometh the man… or so the saying goes and in Australia it seems that the hour is arriving for a stallion or sire line to stand up and be counted when it comes to the next leading sire. With a broodmare population that, at least...
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In a previous post, Alan discussed the success of Honour Devil, a son of shuttle sire Honour and Glory out of a Fitzcarraldo (ARG) mare, and noted that it was part of a broader cross that involved another son of Relaunch in Slew Gin Fizz. On Saturday...
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The success of the Unbridled/Storm Cat — and particularly the Unbridled’s Song/Storm Cat — cross is one that has been well documented. Now there may well be an emerging nick between Unbridled-line stallions and another branch of the Northern...
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Topping the charts is hip #308, a colt from the second crop of Zavata, out of the Pine Bluff mare Fair Miss, a half sister to Irish stakes winner Steaming Home, from the family of Corporate Report. Bred on the Phone Trick/Pine Bluff cross that has also...
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It has been a little over two months, ten weeks to be precise, since we launched TrueNicks into the marketplace and the response has been nothing short of overwhelming. With a large roster of stallions subscribed to the complimentary subscription service...
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A young horse making a bright beginning from among the less expensive ranks is A.P. Indy’s son Jump Start, who is currently advertised at a fee of $10,000. With Littlemiss Allison’s win in the Sam Houston Oaks (her fourth black type win), following on...
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Although he wasn’t an overnight success, Arch has fought back extremely well, and earned recognition as a very solid racehorse sire. The last few years have been highlighted by Canadian Horse of the Year Arravale; English champion older male Les Arcs;...
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Users of TrueNicks, and for that matter any pedigree program, will have already seen a number of examples where the quality of the immediate ancestors in a pedigree can have an impact on the genetic affinity, or lack thereof, that seems to be present...
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On the subject of the Unbridled’s Song line — Songandaprayer, subject of a post over the weekend, being a son of Unbridled’s Song — Unbridled’s Song’s daughter Classify, who dead-heated for the Spring Fever Stakes at Oaklawn Park, shone a...
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Last weekend was a big one for two Ashford Stud Storm Cat-line stallions. Heatseeker (IRE)’s victory in the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) propelled Giant’s Causeway to the top of the leading sires list. He has three other stakes winners this year, including...
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