Alan Porter recently commented on the newly-announced merger of powerhouse Thoroughbred industry newsletters Owner-Breeder International and TBH MarketWatch. “Having been publisher of Owner-Breeder International for the last seven years, I’m delighted by the recent merger of the publication with...

TrueNicks is proud to welcome the stallions from both the Kentucky and Texas divisions of Lane’s End Farm as the newest rosters to join TrueNicks. This exciting development enables TrueNicks users to obtain complimentary ratings for nearly 30 stallions, among them some of the world’s leading sires. The...

In the upcoming months, TrueNicks has a number of innovations and new products to unveil. Some will be quite visible while the others more subtle. One of the changes in the latter category will be the migration of this site in a couple of days from the current standalone platform you see today onto...

TrueNicks is pleased to announce the addition of Matt O’Neil as national sales manager. Following is a news release issued by TrueNicks partner Blood-Horse Publications: Blood-Horse Publications has hired pedigree analyst Matt O’Neil as the new national sales manager for TrueNicks, a Thoroughbred...

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 their name. As an example, any story featuring the...

A 35-minute online seminar will introduce you to the TrueNicks system. Tune in today, April 23 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, for the FREE session. After Alan Porter completes an overview of TrueNicks, he and Byron Rogers will answer readers’ questions. If you have not pre-registered for the Webinar, please...

Readers of this blog are encouraged to register for the free online introduction to TrueNicks to be conducted Wednesday, April 23 at 2 p.m. During the Webinar, Alan Porter and Byron Rogers will explain nicking theory, the proprietary TrueNicks calculation, and benefits for breeders and owners. Please...

Alan analyzes first-crop sires of 2-year-olds represented at the Keeneland April sale in a featured article in The Blood-Horse Data Digest (preview below). If you’d like to follow along in the Keeneland catalog while reading, it’s available here. Coming into the Keeneland April 2-year-olds...

Horsemen will have an opportunity to learn more about the value of pedigree nicks in April, when TrueNicks co-founders Alan Porter and Byron Rogers host an online seminar to discuss the TrueNicks service. Here’s your opportunity to ask for clarification about any issues that remain unclear! We’ll...

Topping the charts is hip #308, a colt from the second crop of Zavata, out of the Pine Bluff mare Fair Miss, a half sister to Irish stakes winner Steaming Home, from the family of Corporate Report. Bred on the Phone Trick/Pine Bluff cross that has also produced stakes winners Who’s Happy and Call Me...