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		<title>Oxbow&#8217;s color discussed on Byk show</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frances J. Karon, editor of North American Trainer and blogger at Running Rough Shod, brought to my attention Preakness winner Oxbow&#8217;s interesting coat color (to the naked eye &#8220;roan,&#8221; but officially registered as &#8220;bay&#8221;) as she photographed him during Derby week (see her photo below).  As it relates to heritability, his is a curious case. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8505&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>emory a hamilton discusses verrazano and developing the family of too chic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 18:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from bloodstock in the bluegrass: The following article first appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. One advantage that home breeders have in the selection of stock is that they can make themselves aware of subtleties in stock that are meaningful and can disregard things that are not. For Emory Alexander Hamilton, who bred [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8501&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Questions of aggregation and my role in it</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 16:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jessica Chapel, a one-time news aggregator, takes Ray Paulick&#8217;s popular Paulick Report, the king of racing news aggregation, to task in this blog post, The Unethical Report. You can read the story and decide for yourself if PR is guilty as charged by Jessica, but the concept of news aggregation itself is relatively new and closely tied [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8492&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Derby recap from Steve Byk&#8217;s show from Wednesday, May 8.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derby recap (including more on Golden Soul), plus a look at Departing on Steve Byk&#8217;s show from Wednesday, May 8. Click here to listen.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8490&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vyjack&#8217;s sprint pedigree discussed in Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about the speedy female family of Vyjack developed by the late Maryland horseman C. Oliver Goldsmith in the April issue (pages 60-61) of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred. The issue is available online for free if you register for it here in the &#8220;Mid-Atlantic Club.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8486&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eddie Plesa Jr. cover story on North American Trainer magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frances J. Karon, editor of North American Trainer magazine, takes a look at conditioner Eddie Plesa Jr. in the Triple Crown issue. The full color glossy is available free online by clicking here. My commentary on Animal Kingdom&#8217;s and Graham Motion&#8217;s rescue of our self-loathing selves is on page 91 and titled, &#8220;North America &#8212; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8483&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comments on Java&#8217;s War&#8217;s pedigree from Byk radio show 4/17</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spoke about Charles Fipke&#8217;s Grade 1 Blue Grass winner Java&#8217;s War on the Steve Byk radio show this past Wednesday, April 17. Listen to it by clicking here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8481&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>war pass scores with derby colts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from bloodstock in the bluegrass: The following post first appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. Victory in Saturday’s Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland made Java’s War the first Grade 1 winner from the progeny of 2007 champion juvenile War Pass (by Cherokee Run). The Blue Grass winner joins G2 Louisiana Derby winner [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8479&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Same Phipps imprimatur on Revolutionary and Super Saver</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Revolutionary, WinStar&#8217;s Louisiana Derby winner, traces in tail-female to the same renowned ancestress of its 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver: La Troienne. WinStar bred Super Saver from a mare purchased from the Phipps stable but purchased Revolutionary as a two-year-old for $235,000 at the 2012 OBS March sale. Bred by WS Farish, the colt [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8475&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Derby talk on Steve Byk&#8217;s show</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spoke about some Derby horses and Animal Kingdom on Steve Byk&#8217;s show Wednesday. Noted the Jockey Club influences in Orb (bred by Janney and Phipps), Revolutionary (Farish), Hear the Ghost (Farish and Lazy F Ranch), Verrazano (Hamilton), Lines of Battle (Darby Dan family), etc. Click here to listen to our conversation. &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sidfernando.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6187899&#038;post=8472&#038;subd=sidfernando&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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