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 Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Classic Pedigree Profile: David Junior

Whenever a top European-based runner invades North America for a crack at the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), one of the obvious questions is how well the horse will adapt to dirt. Whether Eclipse Stakes (Eng-I) winner David Junior successfully makes the adjustment may depend on whether he takes more after his sire or after his dam.

 Saturday, October 21, 2006

Classic Pedigree Profile: Perfect Drift

Perfect Drift is the result of a union between a sire who has earned his way into the top ranks through sheer merit and a female family that, until he came along, had enjoyed no more than modest success in many years.

 Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Breeders' Cup Pedigree Profile: Borrego

Hunch bettors will not have to look further than Borrego for a play in the Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered By Dodge (gr. I). The name "Borrego," after all, is the Spanish for a sheep's or ram's horn--and as fans of the Dodge Ram line of trucks say, "If you can't Dodge it, Ram it!"

 Friday, October 21, 2005

Breeders' Cup Pedigree Profile: Choctaw Nation

Everyone loves a rags-to-riches story, and among this year's Breeders' Cup horses, few fit that label better than Choctaw Nation--though the rags are perhaps not as ragged as for some of the sport's legends.

 Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Breeders' Cup Pedigree Profile: Borrego

Hunch bettors will not have to look further than Borrego for a play in the Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered By Dodge (gr. I). The name "Borrego," after all, is the Spanish for a sheep's or ram's horn--and as fans of the Dodge Ram line of trucks say, "If you can't Dodge it, Ram it!"

 Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Breeders' Cup Pedigree Profile: Rock Hard Ten

Cross a strapping stamina-oriented stallion with a precocious speedster of a mare. What do you get?

 Monday, October 03, 2005

Breeders' Cup Pedigree Profile: Imperialism

Imperialism's transformation from Classic contender to come-from-behind sprinter was probably no great surprise to those familiar with the career of his sire Langfuhr.

 Monday, October 03, 2005

Breeders' Cup Pedigree Profile: Flower Alley

Close inbreeding is a tricky proposition, able to concentrate bad traits of the inbred ancestor as well as good ones. For this reason, it is often avoided by breeders.

 Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Breeders' Cup Pedigree Profile: Saint Liam

They don't make them like Gallorette any more. The champion handicap mare of 1946, Gallorette won or placed in 54 of her 72 starts while battling against the likes of Armed, Assault, and Stymie in one of the deepest handicap divisions ever seen in America.

 Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Pedigree Profile: Sweet Catomine

She's big. She's bold. She's beautiful. And she just may be the best distaff prospect for smelling Derby roses in years.

 Wednesday, March 30, 2005