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Samantha Stops the Sebring Party

Sebring (AUS), a 2-year-old that this blog recognized very early on as potentially a top-class horse, went within inches of becoming the second horse in recent history to win the Australian juvenile Triple Crown when he was beaten just a head by the fast-finishing Samantha Miss (AUS) in the Champagne...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Wed, May 7 2008
A Star Is Born

Galileo (IRE) is launching a strong bid to establish himself as the natural heir to his sire, the magnificent Sadler’s Wells, and he has a very promising-looking filly in the shape of Leo’s Starlet (IRE), who is now headed for the Prix de Diane-French Oaks (Fr-I) after an impressive win in the Prix Cleopatre...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Wed, May 7 2008
Brown Out

Big Brown’s dominating Kentucky Derby (gr. I) win over the tragic heroine Eight Belles was so dominant, he almost literally took the other colts out of the picture, with third placed Denis of Cork, the next-nearest victim of the “Brown Out,” 8 1/4 lengths adrift. As stated in many publications, Big Brown...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Tue, May 6 2008
You Heard It Here First!

This is a blog, and indeed TrueNicks is not supposed to be a handicapping service — but we are seriously going to have to reconsider this after the win of Sebring in the Golden Slipper Stakes (Aus-I) on the weekend! It was back on the 20th of January, some 13 weeks ago, that we first [...]

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Sun, Apr 20 2008
When an ‘F’ is Not an ‘F’

That remarkable California sire, Unusual Heat, was represented by another graded stakes winner when his daughter, Lightmyfirebaby, won the Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. III) last week, her first victory in a race at that level. Lightmyfirebaby is the fifth graded winner by Unusual Heat, following 2008...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Fri, Apr 18 2008
Pivotal Makes Point

That Pivotal (GB) is one of Europe’s best stallions is not exactly news. However, Cheveley Park Stud’s Nureyev grandson recently enjoyed a day that was special, even by his standards. At Kempton on Saturday, April 12, there were three black type events and offspring of Pivotal won all three, with a one...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Thu, Apr 17 2008
Un Homme Français au Japon

In an increasingly commercial world it is becoming more and more evident that particular sire lines -- and more specifically, one stallion and his sons -- can, at least from a commercial sense, quickly dominate the broodmare population of a given country. It then becomes a race for the next sire...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Thu, Apr 17 2008
Climbing the Ladder

One of the stallion success stories of 2008 is that of New York’s Hook and Ladder (Dixieland Band – Taianna, by Cox’s Ridge). Although a very fast horse – he ran a 110 Beyer speed figure as a 2-year-old and subsequently won the Mr. Prospector Handicap (gr. III) and the seven furlong Gulfstream Park Breeders...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Tue, Apr 15 2008
Ace in the Hole

Former European champion 2-year-old and Darley-owned sire Xaar (GB) was a stallion that looked to have it all — a rudely talented racehorse that boasted a superb pedigree being by the brilliant Zafonic from the Best in Show family. Despite outstanding credentials and opportunity to match, Xaar...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Tue, Apr 8 2008
Claim to Fame

While the classic trial round has nearly been completed in the U.S., in Europe it is only just under way. Sunday saw the first of the English and Irish classic trials, the Leopardstown Two Thousand Guineas and One Thousand Guineas trials (both Ire-III). Both events fell to horses sired by sons of Danehill...

Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Anonymous on Tue, Apr 8 2008

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