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The Dosage system was developed to provide breeders and bettors with a numerical way to evaluate the balance of speed and stamina inherited by a horse. The method is not a magic formula; it was built from the observation that a small number of influential stallions transmit traits of precocity or stamina to their descendants. At the beginning of the 20th century, the French military officer J. J. Vuillier began identifying these sires, which he called chefs-de-race (literall

Butterfing, the gray colt from Stud El Papi, wrote a new chapter in his short career by winning the Gran Premio de Honor (G1) held last Saturday, April 4, at Hipódromo de Palermo. With only four starts in his campaign and conditioned by late physical maturity, the son of Angiolo and Candy Milk lived up to expectations by defeating an experienced field over 2000 meters on a heavy dirt track. The horse trained by Juan Franco Saldivia now leads among stayers at Palermo, with his

The chestnut filly Ayra Stark (Cosmic Trigger) once again elevated the prestige of Argentine turf by claiming a commanding victory in a $130,000 allowance race at Keeneland, in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Her 4¼-length triumph over Poppy The Princess (Cairo Prince) not only confirmed her complete adaptation to American turf courses, but also extended the brilliant legacy of her trainer Ignacio Correas IV, who marked his 301st U.S. win with this race, more than two decades after

Following a massive investment of trust by the breeding operation of Dr. Juan Carlos Bagó, The Great Day (Harlan’s Holiday) earned his...