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What type of racemares produce Champions. Nature's way is to breed towards the median. That's why you can't grow a tomato as big as a house. Unfortunately that is what most thoroughbred breeders are trying to do. Read the Rachel Alexandra Delimma on this blog and begin to look at "Class in the Dam" in a creative way. h...ttp//classinthedam.blogspot.com/ You will find that the great racehorses are produced by relatively slow mares!Read More

Cherokee Run and sons are ones to watch on 2010 Triple Crown Trail When it comes to following 2YO colts on the Triple Crown Trail it is always important to try and keep abreast of new emerging trends and sire lines. This year I am going to keep a watchful eye on the colts from the sire line of Cherokee Run and his son...s Kafwain and Yonaguska. All three were known primarily as sprinters but Cherokee Run finished 2nd in the G1 Preakness Stakes and Kafwain won the G2 Norfolk Stakes at (8.5 furlongs). Yonaguska’s best win in stakes competition was the 7 furlong G1 Hopeful Stakes at the age of two and the 7 furlong G2 Hutcheson Stakes at the age of three. Most of their offspring have done well in sprint competition but in the past few of years, all three, especially Cherokee Run, have produced some very good middle-distance stakes winners. I’m not saying that the 2010 Kentucky Derby winner will come from the sire line of Cherokee Run. But, when it comes to handicapping precocious colts descended from sires known as sprinters who on occasion also get good middle-distance runners – that is the kind of edge that I look for. For the rest of this story please click on this link: http://classicchampionthoroughbreds.blogspot.com/Read More