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• Reader Q&A: Why Do Nick Ratings Vary By a Sire’s Different Sons?

  Question: We were wondering why Rahy crossed on Trempolino is a C TrueNicks but Runaway Groom (through Cherokee Run) crossed on Trempolino is an A when they are both Blushing Groom sire lines. Mare is Emeralino. Your thoughts please…. Regards, Brian... Posted Aug 24 2008, 11:41 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Pedigrees and Breeding, Readers' Questions

• Reader Q&A: Cost vs. Quality

  Question: My question is whether there a much greater risk factor when considering between two stallions that differ in the fact that one has many proven mares and was a very good performer himself, while the other is a young stallion that is well-bred... Posted Aug 02 2008, 04:22 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Validity, Pedigrees and Breeding, Hypothetical Matings, Readers' Questions

• Readers Ask: Seeking the Gold/Halo

  Q: I was looking for nicks with a mare by Abaginone. Your reports show an A++ for a Seeking the Gold/Halo crossing but all the stakes winners listed are by one sire, Mutakddim, out of Southern Halo mares bred in Argentina. Is this a statistical quirk... Posted Jun 27 2008, 11:12 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Validity, Readers' Questions, Emerging Nicks

• Since You Asked…

  Alan responds to a few readers’ questions… Q: Are there any downfalls to nicking? A: Nick ratings are a measurement of one area of pedigree affinity, that of the sire (or sire line) for mares by the broodmare sire (or broodmare sire line)... Posted Jun 02 2008, 10:41 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Readers' Questions

• Webinar Q&A: You asked, Alan answers! (Part V)

  You asked, Alan answers! (Part (V) The Blood-Horse recently hosted an online seminar called “What Is TrueNicks,” in which Alan and Byron presented an overview of the TrueNicks system and answered users’ questions. The response from the... Posted Apr 26 2008, 05:37 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Readers' Questions

• Webinar Q&A: You asked, Alan answers! (Part IV)

  You asked, Alan answers! (Part (IV) The Blood-Horse recently hosted an online seminar called “What Is TrueNicks,” in which Alan and Byron presented an overview of the TrueNicks system and answered users’ questions. The response from... Posted Apr 25 2008, 08:25 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Readers' Questions

• Webinar Q&A: You asked, Byron answers! (Part III)

  You asked, Byron answers! (Part (III) The Blood-Horse recently hosted an online seminar called “What Is TrueNicks,” in which Alan and Byron presented an overview of the TrueNicks system and answered users’ questions. The response from... Posted Apr 24 2008, 07:39 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Readers' Questions

• Webinar Q&A: You asked, Alan answers! (Part II)

  You asked, Alan answers! (Part (II) The Blood-Horse recently hosted an online seminar called “What Is TrueNicks,” in which Alan and Byron presented an overview of the TrueNicks system and answered users’ questions. The response from... Posted Apr 24 2008, 04:17 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Readers' Questions

• Webinar Q&A: You asked, Alan answers! (Part I)

  You asked, Alan answers! (Part I) The Blood-Horse recently hosted an online seminar called “What Is TrueNicks,” in which Alan and Byron presented an overview of the TrueNicks system and answered users’ questions. The response from the... Posted Apr 24 2008, 08:17 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Readers' Questions