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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Shackleford filly fastest at July Sale Under Tack Show’s opening session
POSTED: July 6, 2020
Ocala Breeders' July Sale Goes Off With Bang Hip No. 15, Shack’s Lil Mishap, a daughter of Shackleford consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel),...
Fasig-Tipton Timonium 2YO Sale – A Deeper Dive into the Numbers
POSTED: July 3, 2020
The BloodHorse, ever optimistic, reported that this week’s results from the Fasig-Tipton sale of two-year-olds in training at Timonium MD is “a sign that the...
Seven-Figure Sale Topper for Fifth Consecutive Year at Midlantic Two-Year-Olds
POSTED: July 1, 2020
The Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training sale conducted another strong session on Tuesday to close the 2020 edition of the sale. For the fifth consecutive year,...
Spendthrift Farm’s Freshman Sires’ Promising Progeny, Into Mischief 88th Winner For Year
POSTED: July 1, 2020
Cinco Charlie Filly Hammers for $200K at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale A filly from the first crop of Spendthrift stallion Cinco Charlie brought a top bid...
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic $1.1 Million Opener, Collmus Back For Day Two Call
POSTED: June 29, 2020
Uncle Mo Colt Tops Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Opener At $1.1 Million Timonium, Md. - The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale saw healthy returns during its opening session...
The Jockey Club’s 2020 Mare-Cap
POSTED: June 26, 2020
Bolt d'Oro - Standing at Spendthrift Farms In recent months, the Jockey Club issued a statement regarding the number of mares permitted into a breeding...
Hard Spun Filly Tops Keeneland's Inaugural Online Sale
POSTED: June 24, 2020
Well-Bred Trapezium Sells for $327,000 to Top Keeneland’s Inaugural Online Select Horses of Racing Age Sale LEXINGTON, Ky. – Trapezium, a half-sister to multiple graded...
OBS Spring – A Tale of Two Sales
POSTED: June 15, 2020
“OBS Holds Its Own as Sales Hum to Life” – Daily Racing Form “It’s just a continuing move of the industry in trying to get...
Quality Road colt tops Spring Sale’s final session
POSTED: June 12, 2020
Hip No. 1018, a son of Quality Road consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, went to Ben McElroy, Agent for Arman Shah, for...