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July 2008 - Posts
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It was quite a weekend for the Danzig. First of all, Danzig himself was represented by 200th stakes winner when Olympic captured the Mataji Stakes at Calder. And a review of stakes activity around the world shows that an awful lot of Danzig-line horses...
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Some time ago on this blog we noted that second-year sire Macho Again was one to watch. The champion 2-year-old of his crop and half-brother to Awesome Again was represented by Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III) and Breeders’ Futuirty (gr. I) victor...
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It is not often that we have a posting on this site with a history lesson included but it seems in order after the 2-year-old filly African Skies (TrueNicks A) impressively won the Princess Margaret Stakes (gr. III) at Ascot on the weekend. African Skies...
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We posted a story over the weekend regarding the outstanding matriarch Best in Show and it happened to be the weekend that another great mare in Lassie Dear stepped up and showed her wares!
The “Lassie Dear Weekend” started when Susan Magnier...
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Plan, who looked extremely promising when winning a maiden on the second of two starts at 2, was unplaced in the Two Thousand Guineas (gr. I) on his 3-year-old debut. Fourth in a listed race next time out, he fulfilled his potential on his third start...
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With the Australian racing season winding to a close, the final stakes race of the winter was run at Eagle Farm last Saturday with the Glenlogan Park-owned mare Perfect Feeling claiming the listed Tattersalls Mile. Perfect Feeling is a daughter of the...
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In a strange instance of synchonicity a pair of stakes at Lone Star Park, Texas, on the same day were taken by horses whose pedigrees – and close inbreeding – are virtual reverses. The first of these was the Allen Bogan Memorial Stakes, won by Wrenice...
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The French Colonial Stakes, run over nine furlongs on turf at Belmont Park July 10, resulted in a first stakes win for Willsboro Point, a son of Point Given (TrueNicks, SRO) out of the Red Ransom mare Petrouchka. Rated A by TrueNicks, Willsboro Point...
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The family of the Troy mare Cocotte has been hot this year with four group/graded winners among her descendents. First, in May, Creachadoir captured his first group I win in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. Then on June 29, Creachadoir’s half-brother Youmzain...
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Alan Porter recently commented on the newly-announced merger of powerhouse Thoroughbred industry newsletters Owner-Breeder International and TBH MarketWatch. “Having been publisher of Owner-Breeder International for the last seven years, I’m delighted...
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TrueNicks is proud to welcome the stallions from both the Kentucky and Texas divisions of Lane’s End Farm as the newest rosters to join TrueNicks. This exciting development enables TrueNicks users to obtain complimentary ratings for nearly 30 stallions...
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The Man o’ War Stakes (gr. I) witnessed not only the defeated of Curlin on his turf debut, but also a return to form of the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. I) hero Red Rocks, who was taking his first stakes win since the spring of 2007.
Red Rocks, a son...
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In the upcoming months, TrueNicks has a number of innovations and new products to unveil. Some will be quite visible while the others more subtle. One of the changes in the latter category will be the migration of this site in a couple of days from the...
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TrueNicks is pleased to announce the addition of Matt O’Neil as national sales manager. Following is a news release issued by TrueNicks partner Blood-Horse Publications:
Blood-Horse Publications has hired pedigree analyst Matt O’Neil as the new...
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The influence of Sharpen Up’s son Diesis was strongly felt on the Thursday of Newmarket’s July meeting. Last year’s St. Leger (gr. I) winner Lucarno –- out of a mare by Diesis –- led throughout to take the Princess of Wales’s Stakes (gr. II), while 2...
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