A group of owners has teamed up to purchase trotting stallion Broadway Hall.
Hans Nelén (Global Farm), John Bootsman (Boko Stables), Mats Gabrielsson (Oxalis) and the couple Siv and Nils Otto Bergslien (The breeders of ”Thai”-horses) are the Scandinavian quartet behind the deal, purchasing the stallion from Fashion Farms LLC.
Broadway Hall will stay in Pennsylvania for the 2015 breeding season. In the fall, he will be collecting semen for freezing to the European market.
Broadway Hall debuted as a two-year-old making nine starts and he remained undefeated. Among his victories were the elimination and final of the Breeders Crown, Kentucky Sire Stakes and Lexington Breeders Championship. He received the Dan Patch Award as the Two-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year in the United States.
Broadway Hall is the father of five world record holders, including the filly Cooler Schooner whose 1:51.3f win last year at Mohegan Sun Pocono makes her the fastest two-year-old trotter over any size of racetrack. He has sired two millionaires, 2011 Hambletonian winner Broad Bahn and the multiple stakes winning mare Action-Broadway. He has nearly 700 offspring in North America, which together have earned over $30-million. In Sweden, he has 50 registered offspring where the mare Mermaid Ås (E3-winner and 2nd in Grand Prix de l’UET) is most winning with nearly four million SEK in her bankroll. In Norway, Broadway Hall has left Thai Broadway (2nd in Grand Prix de l’UET and Breeders Crown), which earned almost 3.5 million NOK.
(with files from Global Farm)