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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Keeneland to Hold April Horses of Racing Age Sale on Final Day of Spring Meet
POSTED: January 19, 2022
LEXINGTON, KY – Keeneland today announced it will hold the April Horses of Racing Age Sale following the final race on Friday, April 29, closing...
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Thousand Words, G2-winning juvenile sired first foal
POSTED: January 19, 2022
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Spendthrift Farm’s Thousand Words, the undefeated Grade 2 winner at two and multiple stakes winner at three by Pioneerof the Nile, sired his...
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First foal is a colt for Horse of the Year Authentic
POSTED: January 18, 2022
Maiden mare, Streak of Luck with her Authentic colt. (Photo Taylor Made Farm, Kelcey Loges)) LEXINGTON, Ky. – Spendthrift Farm’s reigning Horse of the Year Authentic,...
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Multiple G1 winner Vekoma sires first foal
POSTED: January 15, 2022
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The first reported foal by Spendthrift Farm’s Vekoma, the Met Mile (G1) and Carter Handicap (G1) winner by Candy Ride, is a filly...
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Keeneland January Sale concludes with healthy results
POSTED: January 15, 2022
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland’s January Horses of All Ages Sale concluded today after four days of competitive trade that yielded solid results, headlined by the...
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Traveling Tiger delivers first foal of Foal Patrol Season 5
POSTED: January 14, 2022
Traveling Tiger, a 6-year-old mare owned by Susan Moulton, delivered a filly by Audible at Moulton’s Pauls Mill Farm in Versailles, Ky., at 9:30 p.m....
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Blue-Blooded Stallion Gem Heist Relocates To Rancho San Miguel For 2022
POSTED: January 13, 2022
San Miguel, California — Third-crop sire Gem Heist, a son of Street Cry (Ire) out of Tapit’s Grade 1-winning millionaire Careless Jewel, has been relocated...
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Belgrade Sells for $700,000 at Keeneland January Sale
POSTED: January 13, 2022
LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 12, 2022) – The 3-year-old Hard Spun colt Belgrade, who opened his career in December with an impressive victory, was the final...
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Opening Day of Keeneland January Sale starts out Strong
POSTED: January 12, 2022
LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 11, 2022) – The Keeneland January Horses of Racing Age Sale got off to a strong start on Tuesday with brisk commerce...