A new effort to expand the Midwest Thoroughbred industry into Wisconsin has been initiated with the formation of the Wisconsin Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, which announced Jan. 29 the launch of its website at www.wistoba.org.
“We have the environment for it with a strong agricultural foundation and thousands of acres of pasture suitable to breed and raise high-quality Thoroughbreds,” said Joe Moore, who formed WISTOBA and owns Silo Skyline Farms and Racing Stable in Pulaski, Wis. “We have a strong breeding industry for Quarter Horses and Morgans but we are essentially starting from scratch with Thoroughbreds.”
Since 2020, The Jockey Club has registered 23 Thoroughbred foals born in Wisconsin…