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...

I’d just like to take a moment here to officially tip my hat to fellow TBA blogger Dana Byerly of Green But Game. You see, Dana wrote an outstanding post today calling on the NTRA to do more in publicizing Curlin’s historic run at Cigar’s all-time earnings record, and Alex Waldrup,...

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...

It has been a little over two months, ten weeks to be precise, since we launched TrueNicks into the marketplace and the response has been nothing short of overwhelming. With a large roster of stallions subscribed to the complimentary subscription service that allows users to generate their own ratings...

Latest in the growing band of regional farms to sign its stallions up for TrueNicks is Fox Tale Farm of Coopersburg, Penn. Fox Tale has added a graded stakes winning trio in Pies Prospect, Request for Parole, and Smart Guy. Pies Prospect – (Crafty Prospector – Hot Pillow, by Bates Motel) won six races...

Empire Stud became the first New York stud farm to enroll its stallions on TrueNicks, making available complimentary hypothetical matings with Sunriver, Defer, Chief Seattle, and Midas Eyes. Sunriver and Defer are both newly retired for the 2008 stud season. Sunriver, a brother to champion 3-year-old...