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KALPANA is a first crop filly by STUDY OF MAN and her winning performance at Kempton today in a Gr 3 over 12 fur puts her high up on the list of middle distance performances. Could she go for the Ar ...

2yo filly BABOUCHE is now a Gr 1 winner and unbeaten from three starts. She could be anything. To me her pedigree has lots of interesting blends. The 3 x 4 DANZIG is common enough but I find the ...

GLENEAGLES has it all to do but a stallion that went to stud the same year has it all done and dusted. NIGHT OF THUNDER [had three uk winners today and a L.R. winner in France - all today] is a super ...

My pick of the week for sheer brilliance goes to BEDTIME STORY. Her sire FRANKEL won the 8fur R.A. Gr 1 by about eleven lengths. Today we saw his daughter win the 7fur R.A. [L.R.] by 9.5 lengths. I ...

BLUE POINT (already sire of this year's R.A. Gr 1 winner ROSALLION) is a sire that is working his way up high on my list as a possible Top Sire. He has loads of runners tomorrow and although he was p ...

This year we see INVINCIBLE SPIRIT popping up in Classic winning pedigrees. Dam sire of the winners NOTABLE SPEECH and SPARKLING PENNY and Dam Grand sire of FALLEN ANGEL. There may be more but those ...

It appears to me that Racing in the USA is thriving in the East and dismally failing to survive in the West. This week we will see the final race at the Golden Gate Fields in San Francisco, before it ...

STORM BOY (Aus) 2021 by JUSTIFY ex PELICAN by FASTNET ROCK was unbeaten until last weekends Golden Slipper (Gr 1) when he dwelt at the start and simply left himself with too much to do from a bad ...

I read an article recently which suggested that inbreeding to be a contributing factor in mid- and late term pregnancy loss in Thoroughbreds. To quote a paragraph " excessive inbreeding is known to in ...

On the other thread, the knowledge about COI is way over my head. Can anyone please explain how to find a COI from a pedigree. Just select a horse - your choice - and show me how you calculate the CO ...

I am very attracted to the pedigree of Japan 2yo FOREVER YOUNG who looks the real deal as undefeated in three races. His pedigree is full of great sires - I can't say much on the quality of the femal ...

I didn't see Lot 642 but I see she was sold for €3k. By CIRCUS MAXIMUS ex BANIMPIRE. Now that dam BANIMPIRE is 15 years old and herself won 7 races incl a Gr 2, and 3 x Gr 3, and also a L.R. She ...

Interesting pedigree I am curious for your thoughts/comments. Lot 527 - colt by GALIWAY fetched €120k. He is 2 x 3 to GALILEO and 3 x 3 to DANEHILL. Any comments?

I've posted this comment under the Donc. St Leger thread and I post it again for seperate discussion. Is it time we considered re-distancing the 3-y-o Triple Crown to: Guineas 8fur......Derby 10fur. ...

I dont know much about INTO MISCHIEF but his yearlings at the Keenland Sales are hitting the highlights. From photographs I have seen he certainly looks eye-catching. Any thoughts and/or opinions?

Tomorrow's 2yo Prix Morny [6fur] Gr 1 at Deauville has nine runners declared. Three are by HAVANA GREY. They are three colts who have so far run in 9 races - 7wins, a second and a third. HAVANA GR ...

Here we go again. By DUBAWI ex MINDING [Epsom Oakes winner] by GALILEO. I wonder how many mares by GALILEO have been covered by DUBAWI? Anyone know?

ACE IMPACT is the Arc fav after his Gr 2 (10f) win at Deauville. He is by CRACKSMAN and his breeding interests me as he is 5x5x4 DANZIG. Having already won the Prix Jockey Club he is already a Gr 1 ...

Will SIYOUNI sire a Guineas double? We will know soon. Today his son PADDINGTON contests the Irish 2000Guineas and tomorrow his daughter TAHIYRA goes for the Irish 1000Guineas. We shall see.

Here is an example of how competitive Irish Racing can be. At the Curragh today we had the first 2y0 Group race of the year - the Marble Hill Gr 3 six furlongs. There were six runners. All six runn ...

EQUINOX was just stunning - to me anyway - when winning the Dubai Sheema Classic (Gr 1) in Meydan today. He was up against other Champions and he must presently be the Best Racehorse in the World! ...

A Charity Auction of nominations will be held on Tattersalls Online 20/21 February. The Charity is for the benefit of "Giving to Ukraine and Turkish-Syria Earthquake". All nominations will be paid f ...

I was reading through an article posted on a website sometime last year (by Nancy Sexton) and in the article she lists the top ten greatest sires. I thought it made interesting reading and I list t ...

On another thread Topofthehill comments "Now a lot of critics might latch on to Danzig's unsoundness". I understand and ask the question should breeders avoid inbreeding to DANZIG ?

Did we see the 2023 Derby winner winning today? I ask because I saw three great 2yo performances on TV.
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An article in Irish Field had this paragraph from Peter Savill's proposals:
"But the bigger problem is the ownership of horses rated 80-85 getting offers up to £250,000 to go off to America to win ...

Reading a recent report it would appear that Irish Racing attendances are declining. The average attendance in 2014 was 3,704. Now eight years later it is 2,841. The Covid presence may well have ha ...

I want to talk about a gelding on this Breeding Forum. I thought the 8yo NATURE STRIP was truly outstanding in yesterdays King's Stand Gr 1. He made the rest of the field look like low rated handica ...