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Bloodstock Observations from the 2019 Breeders' Cup

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American Pharoah sired a Breeders' Cup winner in his first crop. Understandably, the main headline in this year’s Breeders’ Cup will be the loss of Mongolian Groom Saturday night after his breakdown in the Classic. While his breakdown marred an otherwise good two days of racing, in the day and hours before that fateful race many different storylines were forming. Here is a quick rundown of some of the breeding industry’s big moments (and one for a trainer) over the two days of racing at Santa Anita. Spendthrift – Spendthrift Farm currently stands one of the top stallions in the industry with Into Mischief (Harlan’s Holiday) and have followed him up with an exciting line-up of young sires quickly proving themselves with their first runners but the farm may have its best class of stallions added to the 2020 roster if this year’s Breeders’ Cup is any indication. The farm announced in September that it will have five new stallions for 2020 with four of them running in