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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

• Hot Choo

  New York-based sire Western Expression was represented by his first stakes winner when his daughter, I Lost My Choo, took the Virginia Oaks (gr. III) at Colonial Downs. Rated A++ by TrueNicks, I Lost My Choo has a very unusual pedigree pattern. Firstly... Posted Aug 08 2008, 09:09 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Pedigrees and Breeding

• 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

• Supaseus Spurs the Memories

  The recent post by Alan regarding the Ascot stakes winner Supaseus (Spinning World – Supamova, by Seattle Slew) brought back memories for this author as her dam was one of the 100 or so horses in the yard of leading trainer Paul Cole while I worked a... Posted Jun 23 2008, 10:11 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Pedigrees and Breeding

• Kentucky Derby Contenders Seen Through TrueNicks

  With the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands mere days away, we thought it was worth giving TrueNicks a tryout on the leading contenders. TrueNicks came through its Derby Trial with flying colors. Of the top 24 contenders at time of writing, nine... Posted May 01 2008, 08:44 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Pedigrees and Breeding, Racing and Training, Just for Fun

• We Have Seen the Future, and It is Brown

  We were sufficiently impressed by Big Brown’s devastating Florida Derby (gr. I) win that we went straight to TrueNicks to have a look at the pedigree. The TrueNicks rating is always updated overnight, but when we looked at the pedigree on Saturday afternoon... Posted Apr 03 2008, 04:11 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Pedigrees and Breeding

• 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

• Sky Mesa Colt’s Speed is No Surprise

  Fastest work at the under tack show for Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Calder 2-Year-Old in Training sale was a colt by Sky Mesa out of Secondary School, by Honor Grades. The colt — who broke the 10-second mark — is rated an A+ by TrueNicks on the... Posted Feb 24 2008, 07:17 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Auctions and Sales, Pedigrees and Breeding

• A First for Storm Cat, and Other Observations

  Here’s a mating which we think represents a first. When Ingrid the Gambler (Johannesburg — Pretty Livia, by Forest Wildcat) took the Wishing Well II Handicap Feb. 10, she became what is almost certainly the first stakes winner (in fact, the first... Posted Feb 18 2008, 11:49 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Sire Lines, Pedigrees and Breeding

• Honour Untarnished

  In a race that saw highly-rated ex-U.S. runners Etched and Numaany finish fourth and fifth, the Honour and Glory colt Honour Devil maintained an undefeated record with a half-length win in the Gulf News UAE Two Thousand Guineas (UAE-III). Foaled in Argentina... Posted Feb 17 2008, 05:05 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: Recent Winners, All Posts, Sire Lines, Pedigrees and Breeding

• Gold Edition: Report from Australia, Part II

  Continuing on yesterday’s search for the best potential matches for recently-retired Australian sprint star Gold Edition (AUS)… Broadening our scope to look to other parts of the world raises a number of intriguing prospects. Starting in the... Posted Feb 04 2008, 09:07 PM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Pedigrees and Breeding, Hypothetical Matings, Mares

• Asiatic Boy Looks Ready for World Cup

  U.S. and European invaders pointing toward the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) look as if they will have a tough home-trained opponent to overcome in the shape of Asiatic Boy. Bred in Argentina, the son of Not For Sale won a maiden in his native country and finished... Posted Feb 01 2008, 11:38 AM by TRUENICKS Filed under: All Posts, Pedigrees and Breeding, Racing and Training