by Håkan Persson, for Global Farm

A Scandinavian quartet has teamed up and bought 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 quartet behind the deal.

Broadway Hall will stay in Pennsylvania and American breeding during 2015. In the fall, he will be collecting semen for freezing to the European market.

Broadway Hall debuted as 2-year-old by making nine starts and he remained undefeated. Among his victories were the elimination and final of the Breeders Crown, Kentucky Sire Stakes final and Lexington Breeders Championship. He received the Dan Patch Award as the 2-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, who last year won in 1:51.3 at Pocono Downs, a five-eighths-mile track, which is still the fastest time for a 2-year-old regardless of track size.

He has sired two millionaires, Hambletonian winner Broad Bahn and the mare Action-Broadway. He has nearly 700 offspring in North America, which together have earned more than $30 million.

In Sweden, he has 50 registered offspring where the mare Mermaid Ås (E3-winner and second in Grand Prix de l’UET) is the richest with nearly four million SEK in her bankroll. In Norway, Broadway Hall has sired Thai Broadway (second in Grand Prix de l’UET and Breeders Crown), who has earned almost 3.5 million NOK.