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• Parallel Series

  We’ve frequently mentioned, in this and other columns, varieties of what we call “Parallel Patterns.” There are variations, but a general description would be where a sire and a mare or broodmare sire are bred on a similar cross (we also have inversion... Posted Aug 07 2008, 03:19 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Other Breeding Theories, Emerging Nicks

• A Perfect Show

  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... Posted Jul 26 2008, 02:41 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Other Breeding Theories, Mares

• One Horse Wonders

  Looking through some recent results, we noticed that another nicking program had rated Elite Squadron – who took the May 3 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) – as an A++ nick. A cross check with TrueNicks revealed that Elite Squadron is rated D. Naturally... Posted May 14 2008, 08:56 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Validity, Other Breeding Theories

• To Region or Not to Region

  We were recently forwarded an e-mail containing an advertisement from another pedigree consultancy that mentioned “… other pedigree information services that attempt to dazzle you with vast database resources without discriminating the information that... Posted Apr 16 2008, 10:19 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Products, Validity, Other Breeding Theories

• Reader Q&A: Inbreeding to Alydar

  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... Posted Mar 31 2008, 10:28 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Sire Lines, Other Breeding Theories, Pedigrees and Breeding

• Research is a Mare Owner’s Best Investment

  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... Posted Mar 27 2008, 12:13 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Products, Other Breeding Theories, Hypothetical Matings, Mares

• Compare and Contrast

  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... Posted Mar 16 2008, 06:26 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Announcements, Validity, Other Breeding Theories

• Curiouser and Curiouser

  “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... Posted Jan 17 2008, 06:43 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Products, Validity, Other Breeding Theories