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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$310,000 Crew Dragon tops Keeneland April Horses of Racing Age Sale
POSTED: April 26, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky. – D.M.I. paid $310,000 for Crew Dragon, a 3-year-old stakes-placed, winning colt by Exaggerator, to record the highest price of today’s Keeneland April Horses...
First starter, first winner for multiple G1 winner Gormley at Keeneland
POSTED: April 23, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Spendthrift Farm freshman sire Gormley was represented by his first winner from his first starter on Friday when 2-year-old colt Headline Report won...
OBS Spring Sale Starts Today Through Friday Watch It Live Here
POSTED: April 20, 2021
The 2021 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training is set for Today through Friday, April 20th – 23rd with all four sessions beginning at...
Janae delivers a colt by Malibu Moon at Safari North Farm as part of National Museum of Racing’s Foal Patrol Season 4
POSTED: April 19, 2021
VERSAILLES, Ky. — Janae, a 6-year-old mare owned by Susan Moulton, delivered a colt by Malibu Moon on April 17 at Moulton’s Safari North Farm...
Keeneland April Horse of Racing Age Catalog now online
POSTED: April 15, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Keeneland has cataloged 66 horses for its April Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held Monday, April 26. Click here for the enhanced digital-only...
Violence Filly Fastest At OBS Spring Opener; Day 2 Under Tack Show Link
POSTED: April 13, 2021
Hip No. 107, a bay filly by Violence consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, sped a quarter in :20 3/5 to post the fastest work at...
Rescheduled OBS Spring Sale Starts Today; Under Tack Day One Link Included
POSTED: April 12, 2021
The Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2021 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training begins Monday, April 12th, and continues through Saturday,...
The Business of Racing: The Gulfstream Sale: The New Normal?
POSTED: April 6, 2021
Fasig-Tipton’s annual two-year-old sale at Gulfstream is typically the highlight of the juvenile auction season: the flashiest pedigrees, the best physicals, the most impressive breezes....
Shockingly, Motown Girl sell for $50,000 each to lead March Digital Sale
POSTED: March 23, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Shockingly and Motown Girl, both siblings to graded stakes winners and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, each sold for $50,000...