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Birdstone Gets Triple Double In 2009 Classics
Triple Crown winner Count Fleet sired the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes victors of 1951. In 2009, Birdstone became the first stallion to match that accomplishment.
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What Will Tiznow and Peppers Pride Produce?
Although male and female Thoroughbred track stars don't always reproduce themselves, there is much anticipation for good results from mating Tiznow and Peppers Pride.
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Rachel Alexandra's Pedigree Worthy of Champions
First pointed to the Preakness, Mr. Fantasy may be headed to the Metropolitan Handicap instead. Holy Bull son Hull will join the Preakness line-up with filly Rachel A.
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Unbridled's Song Gives Derby Two Gray Progeny
Unbridled's Song progeny will vie for Kentucky Derby honors on Saturday. General Quarters turned back Hold Me Back in the Blue Grass. Dunkirk went second in Florida.
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Empire Maker's Son Pioneerof The Nile Derby Star
Pioneerof The Nile comes to the 2009 Kentucky Derby as its probable favorite after a strong Santa Anita Derby victory. He is Empire Maker's best son to date.
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Pedigrees of I Want Revenge and Chocolate Candy
In the short lineage outlook, Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Chocolate Candy has a winning Kentucky Derby pedigree. Trained by Jeff Mullins, I Want Revenge has steady genes.
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Winning Colors and Genuine Risk Progeny
Raise a Native granddaughter Genuine Risk birthed her first offspring at risk of her life. She was in foal to the immortal Secretariat. The foal, a colt, was stillborn.
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Alysheba, Genuine Risk, and Winning Colors
Winning Colors, Alysheba, and Genuine Risk won the Kentucky Derby in 1988, 1987, and 1980, respectively. After falling in his stall March 27, Alysheba was euthanized .
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Pedigrees of Hold Me Back and Friesan Fire
Bundles of champions like Northern Dancer, Secretariat, Buckpasser, and Bold Ruler show up in the pedigrees of Kentucky Derby contenders Hold Me Back and Friesan Fire.
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Danzig Son 2008 Money Leader of Michigan Sires
Michigan is home to Thoroughbred sires of dual classic winning ancestry. Sugar Bay, by Syncline, a son of very successful sire Danzig, leads the state's top earners.
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War Emblem Is Particular Suitor
The 2002 Three-Year-Old Male Champion War Emblem was a slow starter in passing along his genes following his retirement from the track. Black Emblem is his latest winner.
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BC Leading Sires Twenty-six Through Fifty
In the second twenty-five sires of the top fifty sires of Breeders' Cup progeny earnings, Dynaformer and A.P. Indy have combined to produce forty-three BC starters.
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Danzig Leading Sire of Breeders' Cup Starters
Danzig tops the list of sires who have produced the most Breeders' Cup starters, while Sadler's Wells, pensioned this year, leads the BC list of winners and earnings.
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Pedigree Lines of Albertus Maximus and Conduit
Breeders' Cup winners Albertus Maximus (Albert the Great) in the Dirt Mile and Dalakhani son Conduit in the Turf also have Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector sire lines.
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Pedigree Lines of Muhannak and Goldikova
Irish filly Goldikova, with Northern Dancer in her great grandparents house, became the third female to win the BC Mile. An Irish colt romped in the first BC Marathon.
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Pedigree Lines of Midnight Lute and Desert Code
Great racers can make great sires of more great racers. Real Quiet and E Dubai won prestigious races and sired Midnight Lute and Desert Code for great 2008 BC wins.
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Pedigree Lines of Donativum and Maram
Great Britain-bred Donativum scored in the BC Juvenile Turf as a son of English champion sprinter, Cadeaux Genereux. Maram won the Juvenile Fillies Turf for sire Sahm.
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Pedigree Lines of Ventura and Forever Together
Proven sires produced this year's winners of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Filly and Mare Sprint and the BC Filly and Mare Turf, Ventura and Forever Together.
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Pedigree Lines of Stardom Bound and Midshipman
Stardom Bound and Midshipman won the BC World Championships Juvenile divisions. Mr. Prospector, Seattle Slew, Nijinsky II, A.P. Indy and Raise a Native are relatives.
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Pedigree Lines of Raven's Pass and Zenyatta
Raven's Pass pulled one of the Breeders' Cup World Championships' all-time great upsets by defeating Curlin. His bloodline includes Secretariat. Zenyatta was all power.
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Derby Champion Alysheba Returns to United States
Citing his awareness of the value of Alysheba to American Thoroughbred fans, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah planned Derby victor Alysheba's generous return to U.S. soil.
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Champions Moscow Ballet and Nine Keys Lost
Late March and early April saw the deaths of never unplaced Nine Keys, who first delivered a City Zip filly March 23, and champion racer and stallion Moscow Ballet.
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Sharp Cat, Critikola Foals Well
A.P. Indy and Bluegrass Cat foals are nursing well with surrogate mares after the deaths of their birthing dams, Sharp Cat and Critikola, respectively.
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Fit to Fight, Terlingua Euthanized
A New York Handicap Triple champion, Fit to Fight, 29, and a Secretariat broodmare, Terlingua, 32, were euthanized this season due to complications of old age.
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Storm Cat Sadler's Wells Pensioned
Storm Cat, a Northern Dancer grandson, and Sadler's Wells, a Northern Dancer son, have been pensioned. Their successful stud careers spanned decades.
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