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

TRUENICKS — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:41:55 GMT

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...(read more)

Hill ‘n’ Dale Joins TrueNicks

TRUENICKS — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:19:41 GMT

Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms is the latest major Kentucky farm to enroll its stallions on TrueNicks, allowing users to run complimentary ratings on a roster of 13 stallions. Place of honor in Hill ‘n’ Dale team has to go to veteran Theatrical (IRE) (TrueNicks...(read more)

Pin Oak Stallions Join TrueNicks

TRUENICKS — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:35:18 GMT

TrueNicks is happy to announce that the Pin Oak Stud stallions are the latest to join the TrueNicks team. The Versailles, Ky., stallion farm stands a trio of stallions, veteran Sky Classic (TrueNicks, SRO); the up-and-coming Broken Vow (TrueNicks, SRO...(read more)

TrueNicks Welcomes Ashford Stud

TRUENICKS — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:17:22 GMT

Breeders now have access to complimentary ratings for the 12 stallions at Ashford Stud, as another top Kentucky farm enrolls its stallions on TrueNicks. Ashford’s powerful roster is headed by Giant’s Causeway (TrueNicks, SRO), who is both Storm Cat’s...(read more)

WinStar Stallions Now on TrueNicks

TRUENICKS — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:19:20 GMT

TrueNicks welcomes WinStar Farm, our most recent new subscriber. WinStar’s commitment allows breeders to run complimentary ratings with the six stallions that make up the farm’s powerful roster. The team is headed by Distorted Humor (TrueNicks...(read more)

The Green Monkey on TrueNicks

TRUENICKS — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:23:51 GMT

Mare owners considering breeding to The Green Monkey (TrueNicks), who begins his stud career at Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds in Ocala, Fla., in 2009, are now able to research their mares with the horse on TrueNicks. Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo consigned...(read more)

Millennium Farms Stallions Latest to Join TrueNicks

TRUENICKS — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:18:10 GMT

TrueNicks is delighted to welcome Millenniums Farms Kentucky, which has become the latest farm to give users complimentary ratings with its sires. Millennium Farms is currently home to six stallions, but the roster will be extended in 2009 with the recently...(read more)

Journeyman Stud Stallions Now on TrueNicks

TRUENICKS — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:09:44 GMT

Breeders will now have access to complimentary TrueNicks ratings for the stallions standing at one of Florida’s leading stallion stations, Brent Fernung’s Journeyman Stud. Journeyman stands six young sires at their Ocala facility. The roster is headlined...(read more)

Hot Choo

TRUENICKS — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:09:17 GMT

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...(read more)

Parallel Series

TRUENICKS — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:19:33 GMT

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...(read more)

Luck — Or Opportunity?

TRUENICKS — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:59:53 GMT

We had yet another example of the imporatance of considering opportunity when creating nick ratings with the August 1 victory of Luck Money in the Majestic Light Stakes at Saratoga. Irish-bred Luck Money was scoring his first stakes victory, although...(read more)

Opportunity Knocks

TRUENICKS — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:44:17 GMT

Some recent articles by propents of rival nicking systems have floated the idea that somehow programs that don’t use a database of worldwide stakes winners, and don’t consider true opportunity – in fact they admit they don’t use opportunity at all – can...(read more)

River Edge Stallions Join TrueNicks

TRUENICKS — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:13:43 GMT

One of California’s leading stallion farms, River Edge, has become the latest to enroll its stallions on TrueNicks. River Edge Farm is home to three stallions: Benchmark (TrueNicks, SRO), Bertrando (TrueNicks, SRO), and Tribal Rule (TrueNicks, SRO). Benchmark...(read more)

Reader Q&A: Cost vs. Quality

TRUENICKS — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:22:32 GMT

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...(read more)

It’s a Danzig Affair

TRUENICKS — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:23:26 GMT

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...(read more)