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Hoppertunity

While not quite as dramatic as some of the chariot-racing scenes in Ben Hur, there was plenty happening from the...

Tom Ventura

Tom Ventura

California Chrome

However, there were 50 points available to the winner of last Saturday's GII Tampa Bay Derby and another 50 to...

Samraat

Back in 2005, trainer Nick Zito was pretty determined to record his first victory in the Florida Derby, having previously...

Key Race

Last week we previewed North American and European sires who went to stud in 2011, had their first foals in...

Kobe's Back

Together with virtually everyone brave enough to own a racehorse, Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider have sometimes had to ponder...

Freshman Sires

There were a total of 45 North American and European stallions with first foals 2012 (F2012), which had nine or...

Lea

Last week was a pretty good time for Giants Causeway in the role of sire of sires--and not just because...

The Price is Right

From the point of view of immediate practical application, the trouble with year-end sire statistics is that often the horses...

Fashion Plate

What a difference a year makes! At the start of 2013, only one stallion son of Unbridled's Song had succeeded...

Breakthrough Year

I know, there are plenty of people who say a 'good gamble' is an oxymoron, but when you think about...