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In 1990, I was a shy, horse-crazy kid who found myself incredulously on a plane to Kentucky (home was Puerto…
February 6 2013, 6:36am | Visit source ›
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Tapit hasn't let his position at the top of the stallion ranks' hottest ticket get to his head. Yesterday I…
February 3 2013, 10:10am | Visit source ›
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Macoumba on a gray summer day in 2010. This entry is on a personal favorite mare, Macoumba, who has exerted…
January 31 2013, 6:07am | Visit source ›
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new kentucky stallions for 2013: hansen
Reblogged from bloodstock in the bluegrass: Hansen (2008 gr c by Tapit x Stormy Sunday, Sir Cat) Ashford $12,500 This…
January 31 2013, 5:28am | Visit source ›
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Under the spotlight: pedigree of Malibu Moon colt Orb
Orb and Cerro are two three-year-olds on the radar for the classics after winning allowance optional claiming races at 1…
January 29 2013, 12:51pm | Visit source ›
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oxbow takes a step toward the classics with blowout victory in lecomte
Blowout victories are sometimes the mark of a new star on the horizon; other times, it’s just one good horse…
January 27 2013, 4:41am | Visit source ›
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The general racing public seems obsessed with the idea that one day in the not too distant future genetics will…
January 23 2013, 1:41am | Visit source ›
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Bayakoa in Chinatown redux; or My Mother, My Daughter
It’s going to take some doing to knock the great racemare and producer Personal Ensign off the pedestal as the female…
January 20 2013, 3:55pm | Visit source ›
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feb biz struck right note for his stallion family
If you bet the first three home in Saturday’s Grade 2 San Fernando Stakes at Santa Anita according to their…
January 18 2013, 5:05am | Visit source ›
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“Doc” seems to think that “selective” inbreeding as described above produces results that are even BETTER than the results of…
January 16 2013, 9:44am | Visit source ›
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Boastful bloodlines: pedigree primer for Jan. 12
Elnaawi is half-brother to To Honor and ServeSibling synopsis and pedigree notes for Jan. 12: Aqueduct - Race 4Incognito (A.P.…
January 12 2013, 7:42am | Visit source ›
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Hunter's January Highlights: Keertana and Snow Top Mountain
Snow Top Mountain (left) with Four Star's own, and Brownwood advisor, Tony Lacy and Keertana, held by Brownwood manager Darrell…
January 12 2013, 6:48am | Visit source ›
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Dual Grade 1 wins for Distorted Humor
By Elaine Belval In this blog, I try to highlight the “lesser known” stallions or regional stallions — stallions that…
December 31 2012, 5:03pm | Visit source ›
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A review of our 2012 stallions, and a couple of previews, one for New Year's Eve, and one for New…
December 30 2012, 6:26pm | Visit source ›
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Oakford: 2012 Year In Review: Rachel, Zenyatta foals highlight breeding season
Zenyatta’s and Rachel Alexandra’s foals were born into a Thoroughbred world still shrinking after the 2008 global financial crisis, and a chronic commercial oversupply of Thoroughbreds hastened a collapse in…
December 30 2012, 6:07pm | Visit source ›
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Purveyors of Pedigree Bullshit
I take great pleasure reading your articles; I appreciate the research and the insight that you put into them. Many…
December 29 2012, 1:43am | Visit source ›
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TABBY LANE (Photo: Wendy Wooley) EASTWOOD DACAT (Photo: Bleu Valley Farm) Tabby Lane is going to be a mother. Many…
December 27 2012, 3:44pm | Visit source ›
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The following treatise is the product of Dr. Rif’at Hussain, breeder of Thoroughbreds for several decades. His most acclaimed homebred…
December 25 2012, 7:22pm | Visit source ›
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sire medaglia d’oro has classic prospect in futurity winner violence
Now unbeaten in three starts, Violence became a Grade 1 winner with a professional-looking victory by a length and a…
December 21 2012, 10:10am | Visit source ›
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australian judge refuses to change the status quo for live covers
Earlier today in Australia, Federal Court judge Alan Robertson ruled against the plaintiff, Bruce McHugh, and upheld the “live cover…
December 19 2012, 5:17am | Visit source ›
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Sparkman: Spring At Last is a surprising third-generation success
The 1970s were a truly weird decade. The Beatles broke up, the Rolling Stones did not. A president resigned. Polyester bell-bottoms and platform shoes anyone? Viceregal, the first champion son…
December 14 2012, 1:19pm | Visit source ›
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Mr. Prospector–Inbred Versus Outcrossed
I thought it might be interesting to compare the presences of Mr. Prospector among sales foals of 2003-2007 by dividing…
December 13 2012, 2:47am | Visit source ›
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In my last post I compared the distributions by degree of closest inbreeding for an earlier group (all North American-bred…
December 8 2012, 2:41am | Visit source ›
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game on dude is premium example of the adena springs breeding program
The race favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, Game On Dude lost more than the race with his seventh-place finish…
December 7 2012, 7:06am | Visit source ›
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By Elaine Belval Reina Cross won the Criterium Aretuseo II in Italy on the first of December. She is by…
December 5 2012, 5:51am | Visit source ›
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Some races just belong to Kitten’s Joy
By Elaine Belval Last month, Retama Park had two juvenile stakes races at one mile on the turf: the El…
December 5 2012, 5:28am | Visit source ›
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oatsee has been a stellar broodmare for every owner
The Grade 1 Clark Handicap and the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap, both run at Churchill Downs over the extended…
December 1 2012, 7:12am | Visit source ›
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Serena’s Song’s yearling sales history is blueprint for Grace
Can Amanda Pope recoup her $10 million investment in Havre de Grace? Though the 2011 Horse of the Year is…
November 30 2012, 5:39pm | Visit source ›
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Sharp Secretary: from $1,100 to $110,000 at Keeneland
Check out the price valuation of this filly, from a $1,100 short yearling, to stakes winner of $346,012, to claimer,…
November 11 2012, 8:56am | Visit source ›
