Hoist the Gold Gets a Grade 2 for 24-Year-Old Mineshaft
The length of time that a stallion can potentially stand at stud can lead to tremendous variation in generational intervals.
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Closer Honor Marie Reminiscent of His Sire, Honor Code
Porter on Pedigrees
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Nysos Latest Stakes Winner for Improving Nyquist
Although he was Leading Freshman Sire of 2020, when represented by Vequist and Gretzky the Great, Nyquist has been most unusual in getting a successively higher number of stakes winners in each of his first three crops.
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Liberal Arts a Standout from Arrogate's Final Crop
Porter on Pedigrees
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Analyzing Champions Day Stars Big Rock, King of Steel
While it's still almost two weeks to the Breeders' Cup, the most recent weekend saw one of Europe's premier events, British Champions Day at Ascot. The highlight events saw 3-year-olds upset their elders, each gaining a first win at the top level.
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Tracing Japan Filly Triple Crown Winner Liberty Island
Porter on Pedigrees
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A Closer Look at Can Group and His Sire, Good Samaritan
Porter on Pedigrees
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Let Them Watch First Stakes Winner for Maximus Mischief
Let Them Watch put on a show Aug. 13 at Gulfstream Park while scoring a dominating victory in the $65,000 Sharp Susan Stakes. The effort represented the first black-type stakes winner for Maximus Mischief.
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2018 Derby Participants Now Leaving Mark as Stallions
Five years ago, Justify, Good Magic, and Bolt d'Oro left their mark as 3-year-olds. Now their progeny are shining in the lead-up to the 2023 Triple Crown.
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Flying Under the Radar - Freshman Sires of 2021
Alan Porter looks at a set of four freshman sires have made promising starts to their career with limited numbers of offspring to help them on the track.
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Galopin - New Research and an answer to an old question
Galopin - New Research and an answer to an old question
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Inbreeding & Relatedness Coefficients extended
Inbreeding & Relatedness Coefficients extended
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The Mega Nicks
There are successful nicks that are tried only a handful of times, but what about those that are tried often, and still remain successful? We take a look at the nicks that can only be described as "mega".
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The Disappearance of Dosage
Dosage, A concept with its origins dating 100 years ago, has outlived its usefulness. Alan Porter explains why TrueNicks is set to drop Dosage from its reports in the new year.
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Reshuffling the Leaders of the Pack
Sires with their oldest 3-year-olds can fall in and out of favor as breeders wait to see if they have the potential to be long term stars.
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Young Guns for Kentucky in 2015
A group of hot young sires have hit the market in Kentucky for 2015. Alan Porter previews their pedigrees.
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mtDNA and Tregonwell's Natural Barb
The Bruce Lowe #1 family of Tregonwell's Natural Barb is one of the more populous in the Thoroughbred breed. But exactly how much is actually from the same mare? Mitochondrial DNA gives us the answers.
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The Next Generation Set to Emerge in Australasia
The first-season sires in Australasia look an interesting bunch, headed by the sire lines being established by two sons of Danehill in Fastnet Rock and Redoute's Choice.
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A Cluster of Stallion Talent for Saratoga
Stallion talent tends to come in clusters and it is evident again with the group of Street Sense, Hard Spun, Scat Daddy, English Channel and Discreet Cat whose fifth crop of yearlings sell at Saratoga
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TrueNicks Welcomes Cape Breeders Club of South Africa
Forty-seven South African stallions are now available on TrueNicks.
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Graded Stakes Winners Fluctuate by Sire's Crop Year
The quality of the mares that are bred to a stallion have a measurable effect on their production of stakes winners.
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How Important is Racing Class of the Dam?
The dam's own Class Performance Index suggests her likelihood of producing superior runners.
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Kissing Cousins: Australia and Taghrooda
The classic winners share three of four grandparents: Cape Cross, Sadler's Wells, and Urban Sea.
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Oh, Brother! A Look at Full Brothers in Pedigrees
Full brothers are often used in nicking patterns as substitutes for one another, but why does one nick work with one brother and not another?
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Unbridled's Legacy: North American Second-Crop Sires
It hasn't taken long for the second-season sires of 2014 to make their presence felt, and already four of them have been represented grade I winners. Alan Porter discusses the influence of Unbridled on this crop.
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Miss Steele: a Case for a Clever Inbreeding
The recent gr.III winner Miss Steele raises the case again for using judicious inbreeding when faced with stock of moderate ability. Alan Porter discusses how inbreeding can be used to great effect.
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How the Key Ancestors Report Gives a Breeder an Answer
The mare Cameron's Buddy presented a unique challenge for her owner when deciding on a mate. Alan Porter explains how the Key Ancestors Report with Analysis was able to find an optimal mating for the mare.
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Kentucky Derby 140 Pedigrees Examined
Getting the distance in the Kentucky Derby is as much about class as it is about pedigree. Here are the TrueNicks Enhanced Reports to make your pedigree picks.
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European Third-Crop Sires: A Solid Bunch
The European third-crop sires are a solid bunch of stallions that is headed by the Darley stallion New Approach.
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Easter Gifts a Mixed Bag for Yearling Buyers
The Australian Easter Yearling Sale is right around the corner and Alan Porter takes a look at the first crop sires at that sale.
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Super Nicks, Super Ratings?
Alan Porter discusses popular grade I nicks and suggests how to interpret these high-performing crosses.
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European Sire Round-Up: Galileo Still on Top
Galileo's sire Sadler's Wells was leading sire in England and Ireland for 13 straight years. Can Galileo equal or even better his sire's record?
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Tapp's Travels: Cape Premier Yearling Sale
Photos and comments on a several lots from the Jan. 23-24 Cape Premier Yearling Sale in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Eclipse Awards: Rating the Contenders
With the Eclipse Awards approaching, we looked at the TrueNicks ratings for the top contenders in each major division.
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Champion Sires of 2013: Blips or Trends?
It might be a paradox that the title of 2013 leading sire came down to a hard-fought battle between a champion turf horse and a champion sprinter.
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First-Crop Covering Sires of November Broodmare Sales
Alan Porter profiles the new crop of covering sires with their first in-foal mares selling at Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland November.
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Cause to Believe Off to Big Start in Canada
Cause to Believe, who most recently stood for a $2,500 stud fee in British Columbia, has four stakes winners from his current crop of 2-year-olds.
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Return to the Sire the Best Blood of His Dam
Famed Darby Dan manager Olin Gentry said: "Return to the sire the best blood of his dam." This weekend's group I winners Complacent and Astaire show this pattern at work.
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TrueNicks Reports for the Caulfield Guineas
Long John, Prince Harada, and El Roca are the favorites for the Oct. 12 Caulfield Guineas (Aus-I) at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.
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Chasing a Mate for The Fugue
Byron Rogers discusses potential stallions for multiple group I-winning filly The Fugue using statistics from the Key Ancestors report.
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Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Preview
Hot on the heels of a Goffs Orby sale that saw an 11.8% increase in average, this week sees England's premier yearling auction, the Tattersalls October yearling sale.
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TrueNicks Reports for Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Orfevre, Novellist, and Treve are the top choices in a very strong renewal of the Arc.
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Triassic, Dam of So You Think, Bred to Azamour
Owner Cecile Smith has decided on 23-year-old Triassic's final mating: 2005 European champion older horse and New Zealand shuttler Azamour.
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Leading South African Sires
Leading South African Sires
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Inbreeding Coefficients, Pedigree Statistics Added
We have added four new statistics to the TrueNicks Enhanced Report that can be run on any horse or hypothetical mating.
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Australian First-Crop Sires Recap
It looks as if star stallion More Than Ready might have a legitimate Southern Hemisphere heir in champion 2-year-old Sebring.
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From the Vault: TrueNicks Top 10 Nicking Myths Webinar
We've reached back into the time vault and unearthed a TrueNicks webinar that we filmed back in 2009. While it is over three years old, much of what we talked about back then is still relevant today. Enjoy!
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Galileo and Coolmore's Irish Stallions Join TrueNicks
The latest group to join TrueNicks are the stallions of Coolmore Ireland, including Galileo, Danehill Dancer, and Holy Roman Emperor.
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Brazilian Triple Crown Winner Plenty of Kicks Joins
Superstar son of Crimson Tide was also the 2012 Horse of the Year and retires to Haras San Francesco for the 2013 Southern Hemisphere season.
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Keeneland September: How to Gauge the New Format
Another Keeneland September sale, and another tweaked format. This year, the first catalog encompasses the first four days of the sale.
