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  • The Brother Also Rises
    Jul 01 2008, 04:13 PM

    It’s no secret that Giant’s Cauesway is having another very good season. Currently sitting third on the 2008 sires’ ist, he has been represented by by 10 stakes winners this year, nine of them graded. He added a new grade I winner at the weekend when...
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  • Linked Up
    Jun 30 2008, 09:52 AM

    Visitors to www.truenicks.com will now notice that those stallions subscribed to our service are treated a little bit differently than the norm, with their name in bold and links to both their TrueNicks page and Stallion Register Online page following...
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  • Brothers in Arms
    Jun 30 2008, 04:27 AM

    Throughout the history of the Thoroughbred there have been a number of occurrences where full brothers have performed very well at stud – the European foundation stallions Pharos and Fairway, the North American duo Bull Dog and Sir Gallahad, the...
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  • Readers Ask: Seeking the Gold/Halo
    Jun 27 2008, 11:12 AM

    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...
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  • Golden Daffodil
    Jun 26 2008, 02:21 PM

    That under-appreciated Nijinsky II-line stallion Hernando (by Niniski) is having an excellent run with his current crop of 3-year-olds, which include the English Oaks (gr. I) victress Look Here (A+ TrueNicks); Casual Conquest ((A+ TrueNicks), winner of...
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  • Hernando’s Golden Run
    Jun 25 2008, 10:30 PM

    That under-appreciated Nijinsky II line stallion, Hernando (by Niniski), is having an excellent run with his current crop of three-year-olds, which include the English Oaks (gr. 1) victress Look Here (A+ TrueNick Rating); Casual Conquest (A+), winner...
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  • Reversing It Out
    Jun 24 2008, 07:16 PM

    On Saturday, improving 3-year-old Tiz West scored his first graded triumph when he prevailed by a nose in the Cinema Handicap (gr. III). A son of Gone West, Tiz West is out of the Cee’s Tizzy mare Tizso, a full sister to Tiznow (and is A++ rated by TrueNicks...
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  • Supaseus Spurs the Memories
    Jun 23 2008, 10:11 PM

    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...
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  • Alan on Ascot: Day Five
    Jun 22 2008, 05:58 PM

    Kingsgate Native has always been something of a mold-breaker. He very nearly won the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot last year on his racecourse debut, and two races later, the 2-year-old broke his maiden in the Nunthorpe Stakes (gr. I), beating...
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  • Alan on Ascot: Day Four
    Jun 21 2008, 07:49 PM

    It was Galileo’s model of the universe that prevailed on Day Four at Royal Ascot. Daughters of Galileo landed two of the three group races on the card, including the day’s jewel, the Coronation Stakes (Eng-I). In that event –- a contest for 3-year-old...
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  • Alan on Ascot: Day Three
    Jun 20 2008, 09:47 AM

    The day started with a score for the the U.S. when South Central (Forest Camp – Brittan Lee, by Forty Niner) -– a 13-length winner on his debut –- blazed the trail and then held on gamely for a narrow win. South Central was bred in Kentucky by the partnership...
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  • Quick Step
    Jun 20 2008, 06:26 AM

    It’s no secret that Seattle Slew and Mr. Prospector have been combining well in pedigrees for a considerable amount of time (and probably no coincidence that both go tail-female to the Myrtlewood branch of the family of the great tap-root mare Frizette...
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  • Alan on Ascot: Day Two
    Jun 19 2008, 08:38 AM

    While Day One at Royal Ascot was dominated by Mr. Prospector-line horses, Day Two was a Danzig day, that line capturing four of the five stakes events on offer. First off the mark was Aqlaam (Oasis Dream – Bourbonella, by Rainbow Quest), who was making...
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  • Distorted Facts
    Jun 18 2008, 11:24 PM

    As a grandson of Mr. Prospector, Distorted Humor has been given plenty of opportunity with Northern Dancer-line mares, even though he himself is out of a mare by Northern Dancer son Danzig. Some versions have proved better than others, but overall, the...
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  • Alan on Ascot: Day One
    Jun 18 2008, 07:30 AM

    The first day of the Royal Ascot meeting produced some remarkably international results. The opening race – the Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-I) for 4-year-olds and up over a mile – saw Australian-foaled Haradasun narrowly get the better of last year’s classic...
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