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Pedigree Analysis: Sires of Sires

Pedigree Analysis: Sires of Sires

by Anne Peters
Who will be next to join Storm Cat, Mr. Prospector, and A.P. Indy?

 Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Lines of Battle Advancing to Louisville

Lines of Battle Advancing to Louisville

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Lines of Battle is likely to be the only starter in the Kentucky Derby to have won at in excess of nine furlongs.

 Friday, April 12, 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
Stallion Brian's Time Dies in Japan

Stallion Brian's Time Dies in Japan

Brian's Time, for more than a decade one of the leading stallions in Japan, has died, according to news outlets in Japan.

 Thursday, April 04, 2013

South African Stallion Al Mufti Dies

Al Mufti, a Kentucky-bred son of Roberto, died March 3 at age 26 in his paddock at Ascot Stud in South Africa.

 Monday, March 07, 2011
All American Arrives at Darby Dan

All American Arrives at Darby Dan

Australian group I winner arrives for stud duty at the birthplace of his grandsire.

 Thursday, December 23, 2010
Great European Trainer Vincent O'Brien Dies

Great European Trainer Vincent O'Brien Dies

Vincent O'Brien, widely acknowledged as the greatest European trainer ever, died June 1 at the age of 92 at his home in Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland

 Monday, June 01, 2009
Silver Hawk Euthanized

Silver Hawk Euthanized

Silver Hawk, the sire of 76 stakes winners who was pensioned in the fall of 2003, was euthanized June 5 due to the infirmities of old age. He was 29.

 Monday, June 09, 2008
MAHUBAH'S CORNER: Magnificent McDynamo

MAHUBAH'S CORNER: Magnificent McDynamo

When Kelso took the fifth and last of his five consecutive Jockey Club Gold Cups (then at two miles) in 1964, many veteran horsemen believed they had seen a feat never to be equaled in American racing. They were wrong. Michael Moran's fabulous gelding McDynamo not only equaled Kelso's mark in a championship-level event by winning the Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase (NSA-I) for the fifth consecutive time, but in some eyes went one better.

 Thursday, October 25, 2007

Sunshine Forever, Creator Arrive at Old Friends

Old Friends, an equine retirement organization based in Midway, Ky., announced that Sunshine Forever and Creator arrived Nov. 1 at Hurstland Farm near Midway, which has set aside paddocks for horses retired to Old Friends.

 Thursday, November 04, 2004

Pedigree Profile: Action This Day

By Evan Hammonds -- Action This Day, the champion 2-year-old colt of last year and co-highweight on the Experimental, whose Dosage Index is 1.56, shows, on paper, that his precocity and pedigree has what it takes in the spring of 2004.

 Thursday, March 04, 2004

Major Sire Silver Hawk Pensioned

Silver Hawk, a prominent turf stallion who sired 66 stakes winners, has been pensioned at Brereton and Libby Jones' Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky.

 Sunday, November 02, 2003

Aldebaran Arrives at Darby Dan

Aldebaran, the leading contender for a sprint championship whose 122 Beyer Speed Figure is the second-highest of any runner this year, arrived for stallion duty the afternoon of Oct. 28 at Darby Dan Farm near Lexington and will be housed in the same stall that once was home to Honor Grades, Sailor, Sword Dancer, and the great farm homebred Roberto.

 Wednesday, October 29, 2003