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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Year in Review: The Year We Lost Galileo
POSTED: December 23, 2021
Urban Sea gave birth to a Sadler’s Wells foal on 30 March 1998. The 1993 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-winning mare and the 14-time Champion...
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The Jockey Club to Increase Registration Fees
POSTED: December 17, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky—The Jockey Club announced today that it will be increasing each category of registration application fees by $20 starting in 2022. The last fee...
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Central Banker can cap off a big year at stud with NYSSS Fifth Avenue participants
POSTED: December 17, 2021
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Leading New York sire Central Banker can round out a successful season when represented by a trio of fillies in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth...
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Coolmore Announces Auction for Tornado Relief; Coolmore Weekend Winners
POSTED: December 15, 2021
Photo of Justify courtesy of Coolmore America/Twitter Coolmore America is auctioning a 2022 "Live Foal Guaranteed Season" to Triple Crown Champ Justify to benefit relief efforts for...
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Artie’s Princess Supplemented to Keeneland January horse of all age sale
POSTED: December 15, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland has added 36 horses – led by Canadian champion Artie’s Princess and stakes winners Chasing Artie and Ramsey Solution – in the latest round of supplements to the...
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66 Horses Supplemented to Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale
POSTED: December 11, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland has announced that 66 horses – including Breeders’ Cup winner Structor, Grade 2 winner Inthemidstofbiz and 2021 Spinaway (G1) third-place finisher Saucy Lady T – have been supplemented to...
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Mo Forza, Uncle Mo’s Grade 1-Winning Millionaire, to Stand in California for Taylor Made, Rancho San Miguel and Pecoraro
POSTED: December 8, 2021
Following up his maiden win, Mo Forza won the Grade 2 Qatar Twilight Derby at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, 2019. He ran in graded...
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Spendthrift Australia: Progeny Setting the Gold Standard
POSTED: November 25, 2021
ROMSEY, Vic. – The 2YO progeny of resident sire Gold Standard have begun stepping out onto racetracks across Victoria and New South Wales with exciting reports.Golden Queen The...
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An oasis of proven and potential stallion power in Saratoga Springs New York
POSTED: November 23, 2021
Just five minutes from Saratoga Racecourse and the famous sales pavilion there is a farm with as much sire power potential as any breeder could...