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Algorithms out of an “amazing mare”
With his victory in the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, Algorithms outran last year’s champion…
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Ava Knowsthecode puts ‘the look’ in her foals
Some mares produce foals who look so athletic, so balanced and racy, that buyers cannot resist them. They pay good…
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Two Bob was the second dam of 1958 champion three-year-old Tim Tam (subject of my last post). The female family…
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Champion racemares like Rachel Alexandra make important producers
The following post appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. The happy news that Rachel Alexandra produced her first foal,…
January 27 2012, 7:00am | Visit source ›
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By Elaine Belval Trained by Darrell Vienna, Gilded Time was champion two-year-old of 1992, winning all four of his starts,…
January 26 2012, 9:05am | Visit source ›
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Origin of a 'speed gene' in horses
A ‘SPEED GENE’ in thoroughbred horses can be traced back to a single British mare that lived in the United Kingdom around 300 years ago, according to findings published online…
January 26 2012, 7:02am | Visit source ›
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Sunday Evening was the second dam of both 1969 champion two-year-old Silent Screen and 1968 champion three-year-old filly Dark Mirage…
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It's A Boy! Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra Gives Birth to First Foal
The usually moribund month of January in racing is annually brightened by the arrival of new foals, conceived the prior February and delivered in the first month of the new…
January 24 2012, 7:52am | Visit source ›
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Rachel Alexandra Colt Will Fight History of Mediocrity Among Piers With Horse of the Year Parents
While not making quite the buzz that Beyonce and Jay Z did with the announcement of their new daughter Blue…
January 23 2012, 2:17pm | Visit source ›
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He's here!!!!! The product of 2 time Horse of the Year Curlin (Smart Strike) and 2009 Horse of the Year…
January 22 2012, 5:25pm | Visit source ›
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I am thrilled to announce that my favorite horse in 40 years of watching the races, Rachel Alexandra, has given…
January 22 2012, 11:07am | Visit source ›
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Tapit knocking on the door at the top of the stallion game
With a sassy victory in the Grade 2 San Fernando Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, Tapizar has returned to…
January 20 2012, 7:42am | Visit source ›
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By Elaine Belval The loss of Overbrook Farm and W. T. Young was a big one for the Thoroughbred industry.…
January 19 2012, 12:55pm | Visit source ›
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2012 Freshman Sire Predictions
Take this to Vegas immediately. This is the end all be all of 2012 Freshman Sire Predictions. Now finding a futures pool for this might be a little tough, but…
January 19 2012, 8:55am | Visit source ›
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In late December of 2010, on a frigid, glittery, ice-inflected Kentucky morning, I pulled into Richland Hills Farm. Ed DeRosa…
January 18 2012, 6:30am | Visit source ›
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As Charles Hatton has pointed out, Friar’s Carse figures prominently in the pedigrees of three of the champions of 1959:…
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Not a lot of surprises, but one thing I wanted to take a closer look at was to look at efficiency (measured by earnings/starter) and to try to measure how…
January 17 2012, 6:34am | Visit source ›
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Colic claims Richland Hills sire Purim
Purim, a 10-year-old Grade 1-winning son of Dynaformer standing at Richland Hills in Midway, Ky., was euthanized on Saturday following…
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AP Indy’s influence spreading into the future
Both at the sales and on the racetrack, the breed is crying out for the influence of A.P. Indy. This…
January 13 2012, 6:48am | Visit source ›
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Breeders deciding whom to breed to this year may have to decide whether or not to breed to a New…
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Full sister to Rags to Riches sells for $600,000
Magnificent Honour, a full sister to champion and classic winner Rags to Riches, became the third highest price horse to sell thus far at the Keeneland January Horses of All…
January 10 2012, 8:26am | Visit source ›
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Alpha nearly the Omega for Nijinsky mares
As the last winner of the English Triple Crown, and I hope that someday we can emend that tribute, Nijinsky…
January 10 2012, 7:35am | Visit source ›
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Whirlaway has been mentioned several times in recent posts as the sire of Rock Drill, the dam of Lady Pitt.…
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Compile ‘official’ US sire lists by domestic earnings only
re several posts below this on sire list discrepancies The Blood-Horse editorial director Eric Mitchell explained his publication’s stance on…
January 6 2012, 7:39am | Visit source ›
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‘promise’ is adding to centuries-old story
With victory in the last Grade 1 stakes of 2011, Teddy’s Promise added another crown of laurel to one of…
January 6 2012, 6:18am | Visit source ›
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More on sire lists and the Scat Daddy vs Hard Spun issue
For more on the controversial sire lists published annually in US publications, see below. In yesterday’s issue of Thoroughbred Times…
January 5 2012, 8:08am | Visit source ›
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Having recently posted on Intentionally, My Dear Girl, and In Reality, an examination of the Iltis female line is a…
January 4 2012, 2:58am | Visit source ›
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Scat Daddy versus Hard Spun for the freshman sire title
Sid Fernando via ENicks More at Thoroughbred Times TODAY tonight (Wed edition) Horse Race: Scat Daddy vs Hard Spun storify.com The race…
January 3 2012, 3:53pm | Visit source ›
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Bluegrass Cat a high-profile example of Kentucky bloodstock heading to New York
My colleague, horse-industry reporter Greg Hall, writes about stallions (including the extremely well-bred Grade I winner and Derby/Belmont runner-up Bluegrass Cat) and mares leaving Kentucky for New York, which its…
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