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Ruler of The World for Galileo

Ruler of The World for Galileo

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Ruler of The World hails from one of the best sire-producing families on the international scene, that of Missy Baba.

 5 days ago
Cee's Song Continues to Produce Winning Music

Cee's Song Continues to Produce Winning Music

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Cee's Song produced four stakes winners, one an important sire, and two multiple stakes producers, each with a grade I winner to her credit.

 Friday, May 31, 2013
Dawn Approach: A Perfect Heir to His Sire

Dawn Approach: A Perfect Heir to His Sire

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Son of New Approach has already proven himself both a worthy heir to his sire and a proud addition to a family that has enjoyed substantial success on both sides of the Atlantic.

 Friday, May 17, 2013
Winning Cause Keen on Keeneland

Winning Cause Keen on Keeneland

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Whether Winning Cause is a good horse anywhere else is still to be tested, but he sure likes Keeneland's Polytrack.

 Friday, May 03, 2013
Normandy Invasion Ready for May 4

Normandy Invasion Ready for May 4

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Normandy Invasion has a running style that suggests the Derby distance will be no problem, but he has a pedigree that is ambiguous when it comes to stretching out to 10 furlongs.

 Friday, April 19, 2013
Black Onyx: A New Gem on the Derby Trail

Black Onyx: A New Gem on the Derby Trail

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Coming off a Feb. 23 turf allowance score at Gulfstream Park, the colt defeated the more heralded Uncaptured by 1 1/2 lengths.

 Friday, April 05, 2013
Verrazano is More Than Ready for the KY Derby

Verrazano is More Than Ready for the KY Derby

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Coolmore's latest purchase handled the jump up to stakes company with aplomb in the Tampa Bay Derby.

 Friday, March 22, 2013
Orb Sets a Course to the Classics

Orb Sets a Course to the Classics

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Orb is a modern representative of a long and happy association between the Janneys and the Phipps family.

 Friday, March 08, 2013
Trainer John Nerud Also a Prominent Breeder

Trainer John Nerud Also a Prominent Breeder

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John Nerud managed at least part of the racing or breeding careers of several important sires, as well as breeding and racing two more in his own right.

 Friday, February 22, 2013
Itsmyluckyday Rolls Into the Classic Picture

Itsmyluckyday Rolls Into the Classic Picture

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With back-to-back impressive performances under his belt, Itsmyluckyday looks like a colt with a good future ahead of him.

 Friday, February 08, 2013
Elnaawi - A New Face for a New Year

Elnaawi - A New Face for a New Year

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Pedigrees don't win races, but on paper, none of the new faces to emerge so far in 2013 looks better than Elnaawi.

 Friday, January 25, 2013
Australian Case Rekindles AI Debate

Australian Case Rekindles AI Debate

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The debate over whether to permit artificial insemination (AI) in the Thoroughbred has been around just about as long as the practice.

 Friday, January 11, 2013
Lord Avie Rose From Modesty to Prestige

Lord Avie Rose From Modesty to Prestige

Pedigree analyst Avalyn Hunter eulogizes departed champion Lord Avie.

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 Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Violence Holds Promise of Racing Glory

Violence Holds Promise of Racing Glory

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
The equine Violence now must be considered a leading Triple Crown prospect for owner Black Rock Thoroughbreds and trainer Todd Pletcher.

 Friday, December 28, 2012
Dynaformer's Sons for 2013

Dynaformer's Sons for 2013

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Dynaformer's death in April left a unique void in the American stallion market.

 Friday, December 14, 2012
Centre Court Takes Center Stage

Centre Court Takes Center Stage

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Racing as a homebred for the G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & Louise Ireland Humphrey Revocable Trust, Centre Court dominated a solid field of distaff turfers to notch her third graded stakes win of the year.

 Friday, November 30, 2012
Loch Garman One to Watch for the Classics

Loch Garman One to Watch for the Classics

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Loch Garman is the second group I-winning juvenile sired by Teofilo, European champion juvenile male in 2006.

 Friday, November 16, 2012
Excelebration Exceeds and Excels Sans Frankel

Excelebration Exceeds and Excels Sans Frankel

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Excelebration can be added to the list of championship-caliber horses who had the misfortune to be foaled in the same crop as a still better runner.

 Friday, November 02, 2012
Shanghai Bobby Clear Leader Among 2YO Males

Shanghai Bobby Clear Leader Among 2YO Males

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The standout among this year's juvenile males will likely shine at the Breeders' Cup. His pedigree, however, raises questions about his stamina when it comes to next year's classics.

 Friday, October 19, 2012
Handsome Mike Finds Redemption in PA

Handsome Mike Finds Redemption in PA

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Handsome Mike is the fourth graded/group stakes winner of 2012 for Ashford Stud's Scat Daddy.

 Friday, October 05, 2012
Rolling Up Another Stakes Tally for Posse

Rolling Up Another Stakes Tally for Posse

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
A $7,500 yearling at the 2011 Ocala Breeders' Sales winter mixed event, Rolling Fog is now a grade I winner with earnings of $222,000.

 Friday, September 21, 2012
Travers Tie a Golden Ticket to Stud Future

Travers Tie a Golden Ticket to Stud Future

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Montana-based Magic City Thoroughbreds cashed in a Golden Ticket of its own Aug. 25 when its colt of that name dead-heated with favored Alpha for the historic Travers Stakes.

 Friday, September 07, 2012
No More U.S. Lion Hearts After Current 2YOs

No More U.S. Lion Hearts After Current 2YOs

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Know More, who won the Best Pal Stakes in his debut, is another promising 2-year-old sired by Lion Heart, who now resides in Turkey.

 Friday, August 24, 2012
Bringing Back Memories

Bringing Back Memories

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
No one will be forgetting Memories of Silver any time soon, because her daughter, Winter Memories, won some the same races at Saratoga as her dam.

 Friday, August 10, 2012
Point of Entry Could Be Dynaformer's Heir

Point of Entry Could Be Dynaformer's Heir

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Sometimes good things come to those who wait. Such appears to be the case for the Phipps Stable, whose homebred Point of Entry secured his first grade I win with his victory July 14 in the Man o' War.

 Friday, July 27, 2012
Jeranimo Seeks to Lead Arazi Tribe

Jeranimo Seeks to Lead Arazi Tribe

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
On the final day of June this year, Arazi's 6-year-old grandson Jeranimo showed a flash of magic, coming from last to first to score his first grade I win in the Shoemaker Mile.

 Friday, July 13, 2012
Strait of Dover Navigates Canada's Classics

Strait of Dover Navigates Canada's Classics

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Now the winner of four consecutive races, Strait of Dover not only went gate to wire to defeat Irish Mission but set a new Woodbine track record of 2:01.99 for the Polytrack surface.

 Friday, July 06, 2012
Irish Mission Shows Classic Canadian Breeding

Irish Mission Shows Classic Canadian Breeding

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
From an owner's point of view, there is no better time for a 3-year-old to make rapid improvement than when the spring classics are on the line, as Irish Mission did in winning the Woodbine Oaks.

 Friday, June 15, 2012
Gentildonna Impacts Japanese Racing

Gentildonna Impacts Japanese Racing

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Gentildonna is from the 2nd crop of 2-time Japanese Horse of the Year Deep Impact, and is the first of his offspring to win a group race at more than a mile.

 Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Classic Colt Camelot Conveys Kincsem Heritage

Classic Colt Camelot Conveys Kincsem Heritage

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The Two Thousand Guineas winner is now the favorite for the Epsom Derby, a race more likely to be in line with his true aptitude.

 Friday, May 18, 2012
Dullahan Seeks Second Derby Score for Dam

Dullahan Seeks Second Derby Score for Dam

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Dullahan is the now the only likely starter for the Kentucky Derby with two grade I wins.

 Friday, May 04, 2012
Done Talking Silencing Critics

Done Talking Silencing Critics

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
With $300,000 in graded earnings from the Illinois Derby, Done Talking is now virtually guaranteed a starting spot in the Derby should his owners so desire.

 Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Went the Day Well and Daddy Nose Best

Went the Day Well and Daddy Nose Best

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Went the Day Well and Daddy Nose Best still have questions to answer about class, but on paper both look as if they should have no problems with the distance.

 Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Prospective Rising

Prospective Rising

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
After a gritty win in the Tampa Bay Derby, Malibu Moon colt became a 'prospective classic horse.'

 Friday, March 23, 2012
El Padrino is Sophomore Rising Star

El Padrino is Sophomore Rising Star

At 2, El Padrino showed promise while running third in the Remsen Stakes. This year, he fulfilled that promise with a hard fought victory in the Risen Star Stakes.

 Friday, March 09, 2012
'Roses' Not in Plans for Thunder Moccasin

'Roses' Not in Plans for Thunder Moccasin

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
After Thunder Moccasin's visually impressive win in the Hutcheson Stakes, Starlight Racing's tentative plan is not roses in May but one-turn sprint races -- at least for now.

 Friday, February 24, 2012
Algorithms Commences Classic Calculation

Algorithms Commences Classic Calculation

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
In the Holy Bull, it was Starlight Racing's Algorithms, who captured his first stakes race and stamped himself as one to watch on the Triple Crown trail.

 Thursday, February 09, 2012
100 Stakes Winners and Counting for Gone West

100 Stakes Winners and Counting for Gone West

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
On January 13, 2012, Treble Jig became the 100th stakes winner for his late sire, Gone West. This goal was achieved through excellence over time, with an average of just 61 foals per crop.

 Friday, January 27, 2012
Reveron Kicks Off 2012 Triple Crown Chase

Reveron Kicks Off 2012 Triple Crown Chase

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
The newly created Gulfstream Park Derby introduced the first of this year's rising 3-year-old hopefuls on New Year's Day.

 Friday, January 13, 2012
Mahubah's Corner: Star Guitar

Mahubah's Corner: Star Guitar

MAHUBAH'S CORNER, by Avalyn Hunter
The Guitar Hero video game franchise has been exceedingly popular...But it probably isn't half as popular in Louisiana as the state's own four-legged "guitar hero," Star Guitar.

 Thursday, December 29, 2011
Gemologist Eyes Crown Jewels

Gemologist Eyes Crown Jewels

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
His stout pedigree and an affinity for the Churchill Downs main track set up Tiznow's grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes winner Gemologist for consideration in the 2012 Kentucky Derby.

 Thursday, December 08, 2011
Americain International

Americain International

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Ky-bred Americain is an Australian group I winner and French highweight. But, where will the Dynaformer sire line's great hope stand at stud?

 Thursday, November 24, 2011
Rapid Redux Approaches Historic Milestone

Rapid Redux Approaches Historic Milestone

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
The story of Rapid Redux -- winner of 19 straight from December 2010 through October 2011 -- points out the importance of consistent placement at a level at which he can compete.

 Thursday, November 03, 2011
American Breeders Should Get It Together

American Breeders Should Get It Together

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
A trip to the U.S. was just what Galileo's Irish-bred daughter Together needed to break a 12-race losing streak -- which she did in the grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland.

 Thursday, October 20, 2011
Creative Cause's Family Solid Not Fashionable

Creative Cause's Family Solid Not Fashionable

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
If Dream of Summer's regional pedigree is considered less than fashionable, her son Creative Cause proves that generations of solid runners can make a top racehorse.

 Thursday, October 06, 2011
Montjeu Duo Go Long for European Classic Wins

Montjeu Duo Go Long for European Classic Wins

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Bred for stamina top and bottom, Montjeu never would have had a chance had he stood in North America. But Europe is a different world in Thoroughbred breeding.

 Thursday, September 15, 2011
Patience a Virtue for Emerald Beech

Patience a Virtue for Emerald Beech

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Hitting her stride at 5, Maria's Mon's Saratoga graded stakes winner Emerald Beech is a throwback to the stamina-oriented, late-developing runners of America's turf history.

 Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Green Desert Line Sure to Continue

Green Desert Line Sure to Continue

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Green Desert not only helped to establish the reputation of Danzig as a sire of sires but has founded a flourishing line of his own stallion sons in Europe.

 Thursday, August 25, 2011
Awesome of Course Back in the Headlines

Awesome of Course Back in the Headlines

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Awesome of Course, sire of 2010 Juvenile Filly Champion Awesome Feather, is back in the headlines with winners in both the colt and filly divisions of the Florida Stallion Stakes series' first division.

 Thursday, August 11, 2011
Overdriven No Longer Overlooked

Overdriven No Longer Overlooked

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Overdriven follows Uncle Mo as a standout 2-year-old for owner Mike Repole. The Tale of the Cat colt's pedigree offers many clues to how he'll develop as a runner.

 Thursday, July 28, 2011
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