Welcome to the Past The Wire bloodstock section. This is where we feature columns on horse breeding, stallion farms, nicking, and pedigree content. Expert pieces on popular stallions, broodmares and their progeny as well as statistical data on stallions, broodmares and foals. We also feature breeding sale news from Fasig-Tipton, Keeneland, Ocala Breeders’, Midlantic and Tattersalls.
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF INDIFFERENCE
POSTED: June 26, 2026
When the Sport of Kings Can't Account for Its Queens A brief disclosure before we begin. The story that prompted this piece appeared on Horseracing...
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The Registry Knows Where They Came From
POSTED: June 16, 2026
The Jockey Club has every tool it needs to stop this. It knows that. So do we. Twenty-four Thoroughbred broodmares arrived at TH Livestock in...
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Twenty Years. One Amendment. The People Who Finally Got It Done.
POSTED: May 23, 2026
A House committee passed the Van Drew-Titus Amendment, embedding a horse slaughter transport ban inside major infrastructure legislation. The SAFE Act has been introduced in...
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Whose Money Is It, Really?
POSTED: May 20, 2026
Horses Need Help Today, Aftercare is Not a Success, There is Nothing to Celebrate Here “When you celebrate an epic fail while the horses still...
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FIRE AT WILL'S FIRST CROP ARRIVES IN STYLE AT MIDLANTIC MAY TWO-YEAR-OLD IN TRAINING SALE
POSTED: May 19, 2026
GANSEVOORT, NEW YORK (May 19, 2026) The first two graduates of FIRE AT WILL’s debut crop arrived in style at the 2026 Midlantic May Two-Year-Olds in Training...
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While We Celebrated, Tyler's Sensation Starved to Death
POSTED: May 10, 2026
Tyler's Sensation is dead. "No one is allowed to think that he can leave off being a man... He must not shut his eyes and...
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The Answer to Steve Byk's Question Is Already Written — In The Jockey Club's Own Rule Book
POSTED: March 26, 2026
Photo: Margaret Ransom, The Bridge Sanctuary X feed "Racing a Thoroughbred is a privilege granted by the animal, not a right conferred by ownership. Dominion...
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For Every Ginger Brew, There Are Four Who Disappear
POSTED: March 25, 2026
Photo: The Bridge Sanctuary X feed The industry has the money, the mechanism, and the moral obligation to stop the broodmare slaughter pipeline. It has...
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First Confirmed In-Foal Mare to GULFPORT
POSTED: March 3, 2026
Pleasant Acres Stallions Announces First Confirmed In-Foal Mare to GULFPORT, Multiple Stakes Winning Son of UNCLE MO Gulfport, Florida's Most Exiting Freshman Sire Morriston, Florida (March...
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