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Maryland Breeding News Daily Racing Form Breeding Column Archive
| 02-20-2003 | New Maryland sires follow big footsteps
Over the years, Maryland breeders have been able to find diamonds in the rough among young stallions, and local support has helped to create more than a few leading sires.
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| 12-12-2003 | At last, Elk Manor has its stars
im Moran has been waiting for a good horse to come along and help put his Elk Manor Farm in Northeast, Md., on the map as a commercial breeding operation. Now it's happened - twice. (more)
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| 01-10-2003 | Maryland breeding news
Sometimes perseverance pays off. Just ask Lucy Kessler. Kessler and her late husband, Elliott, worked for more than 20 years developing a breeding program at their 45-acre Liberty Hill Farm in Mt. Airy, Md. (more)
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| 03-07-2003 | Nobody doesn't like Magic Weisner
Magic Weisner, who gained national attention when he finished second in the Preakness Stakes, was the unanimous choice as 2002 Maryland-bred horse of the year. (more)
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| 04-04-2003 | Deaths of Smarten, Shelter Half leave void
Maryland has lost two of its most famous pensioners, the venerable stallions Smarten, 27, and Shelter Half, 28, each succumbing to infirmities of old age within a week in late March.
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| 08-04-2003 | Leading outfits head to Fasig-Tipton
Familiar names and faces from Maryland return to Saratoga for this week's Fasig-Tipton select yearling sale. On each of the three nights, Tuesday through Thursday, yearlings from a number of Maryland's most distinguished breeding establishments are headed (more)
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| 07-28-2003 | Long wait ends for O'Donovans
After 60 years of marriage and more than 40 years of breeding Thoroughbreds, Hugh and Achsah O'Donovan continue to find happiness by the light of a perfect moon. (more)
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| 07-21-2003 | Stakes winner wasn't a part of initial plan
What does one do with the barn pet when she's a racemare and the time has come to retire her?
Jamie Lenes did not intend to become a Thoroughbred breeder, but he headed in that direction with Loaded for Bear. The result of his short venture in (more)
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| 07-06-2003 | Tagg puts eye to good use in yearling show
The trip was a homecoming for Kentucky Derby- and Preakness-winning trainer Barclay Tagg, who returned to the state where he had trained horses for nearly 30 years to judge this year's 69th annual Maryland Horse Breeders Association's yearling show last S (more)
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| 05-04-2003 | Bargain mares: Who knew?
Call it a good eye, the result of years of studying, or plain old good fortune, but Maryland horsepeople plucked a number of broodmares out of sales in recent years for a fraction of what those mares or their offspring are worth today.
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| 06-17-2003 | 2002 a banner year for the Benders
Some of the more accomplished individuals in all of racing will step up to receive awards at the Maryland Horse Breeders Association's annual ceremony June 20 (more)
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| 06-15-2003 | Rubiyat, Diamond lead booming first-year sire class
Maryland's 2003 freshman sires, one of the largest such groups in recent memory, have launched their careers quickly. Four first-year stallions have had a winner since May 1, and two rank among the top 20 freshmen sires in the nation. (more)
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| 05-18-2003 | Maryland breeding: Timonium sale offers 590 juveniles
A record number of juveniles are set to sell at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's two-day 2-year-olds in training sale in Timonium, which kicks off Monday at 10 a.m. The 590 juveniles cataloged were foaled in 17 states, as well as Canada and Ireland, and Maryland (more)
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| 06-02-2003 | Bittersweet stakes win for breeders
6/2/2003?Private Chef's victory in the Grade 3 Will Rogers Stakes on May 25 at Hollywood Park - only his second lifetime start - was bittersweet for his breeders, Herb and Ellen Moelis. "It was a beautiful thing," said Herb Moelis, who sold Private Chef, (more)
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| 05-19-2005 | Hopes are high for May sale
By Cindy Deubler . Reprinted with permission from The Daily Racing Form, May 15, 2005.
When the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale commences at 11 a.m. on May 23 and 24, the Monday and Tuesday after the Preakness, it will offer its strongest catalog in history - proving the old adage success builds on success.
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| 07-30-2004 | Boniface staying optimistic
How can anyone be thrilled about taking on the duties of Maryland Horse Breeders Association president at a time like this? (more)
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| 08-23-2004 | Band of two doing nicely
One man's castoff is another man's treasure. How many times has George Harmening seen it happen that way during his 16 years as a veterinarian at Maryland racetracks? (more)
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| 06-16-2005 | Fasig-Tipton Midlantic brings back summer sale
June 12, 2005, Daily Racing Form. By Cindy Deubler.
Hot on the heels of a record-breaking 2-year-old sale, Fasig-Tipton Midlantic will conduct a summer sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age on June 28 at the sales pavilion in Timonium, Md. The sale has 111 cataloged, many from local consignors, and begins at 11 a.m. The under-tack show will be held the day before at 10 a.m.
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| 10-25-2004 | Health woes behind, looking like a million
October 24, 2004. DRF, article by LUCY ACTON.
There's a story behind every horse who came home a winner on Maryland Million Day, Oct. 9 at Pimlico. But none could top the tale of Merryland Missy, the 4-year-old daughter of Citidancer who prevailed at more than 15-1 to win the $100,000 Maryland Million Distaff.
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| 11-08-2004 | Clagett shows generations of class
November 7, 2004. By CINDY DEUBLER
Anyone interested in Maryland history - both human and equine, and specifically for southern Maryland - can find a wellspring in the form of Hal C.B. Clagett. An esteemed member of Maryland's breeding community since the early 1950's and a horseman his entire life, Clagett, who will turn 88 on Nov. 22, lives full-speed ahead, but always finds the time to recall a lifetime of memories. (more)
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| 12-13-2004 | Aileen's Countess couple's golden goose
December 12, 2004, Daily Racing Form. By CINDY DEUBLER
Selling the topper at this past week's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December mixed sale is one of many successes that John and Aileen Ferguson have experienced during their 25 years in the horse business.
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| 07-17-2005 | Breeders' focus on Go for Gin
July 17, 2005, Daily Racing Form, by Lucy Acton.
Go for Gin, the 1994 Kentucky Derby winner who stands at Bonita Farm in Darlington, Md., caught the attention of many breeders as the sire of three stakes winners during a one-week span, July 3-10.
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| 12-27-2004 | Declan's Moon helps state shine
December 26, 2004, Daily Racing Form. By CINDY DEUBLER .
Declan's Moon may be finding fame and fortune out in California, but the dark bay son of Malibu Moon is totally a Maryland product - Maryland bred, sired, raised, and sold.
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| 01-02-2005 | For Skeedattle, another Talking horse
January 2, 2005. Daily Racing Form, By LUCY ACTON
Some owners have a way of making the racing business look deceptively easy. In Maryland, there is no better example than Skeedattle Associates - a partnership consisting of local businessmen Willie White, Lou Rehak, and Bob Orndorff.
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| 01-12-2005 | Legal Control leads Meyerhoff revival
January 9, 2005. Daily Racing Form. By CINDY DEUBLER
Even an eight-time breeder of the year can go through a lull. Robert E. Meyerhoff, the dominant breeder in Maryland for much of the 1990's, has won numerous races over the past few years, but he has not had a major runner since Grade 1 Pimlico Special winner Include retired in 2002.
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| 01-27-2005 | McGinneses top 2004 breeders list
January 23, 2005, Daily Racing Form. By CIindy Deubler .
The leader board for Maryland's breeding industry in 2004 included new names at the top of the state's breeders list, the emergence of two Grade 1 or Group 1 performers, and the continued strength of the state's leading sires.
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| 01-31-2005 | Federicos have line that keeps giving
January 30, 2005, Daily Racing Form. By Lucy Acton.
When it comes to breeding horses, Dennis Federico and his father, A.J., follow a proven formula. Many of their horses are descendants of the first horse A.J. Federico bought, in 1963. Dennis Federico keeps a small band of broodmares at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., a farm that his father began patronizing when it existed as Windfields Maryland in the 1970's.
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| 03-08-2005 | Clear-cut choices for state champs
March 6, 2005, Daily Racing Form, by Cindy Deubler.
There were no surprises when the 2004 Maryland-bred champions were announced last Monday. The list included an Eclipse Award winner, the state's leading earner, the state's stakes leader by wins, undefeated 2-year-olds, and graded stakes winners.
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| 03-11-2005 | Parole Board bursts onto the scene
Daily Racing Form. March 11, 2005. By Lucy Acton.
With the injured Declan's Moon sadly removed from the Triple Crown trail, another colt could fulfill Kentucky Derby dreams for Marylanders in 2005.
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| 03-25-2005 | Stars arising from '03 yearling show
March 25, 2005. Daily Racing Form. By Lucy Acton.
Winning a blue ribbon at the Maryland Horse Breeders Association's annual yearling show is no portent for future success on the racetrack. It has been that way since 1932, when Hall of Famer James E. "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons became the first of a long line of distinguished trainers to serve as judge for the event.
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| 07-10-2005 | Jazz Club's appeal rising
July 10, 2005, Daily Racing Form, by Cindy Deubler
Jazz Club, a multiple graded stakes winner of $417,687 who stands at Maryland Stallion Station, became the state's first freshman sire to get a winner this year when Maddy's Our Girl dominated a maiden race at Delaware Park on July 6.
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| 04-17-2005 | Bellamy Road deepens Darlington's luster
April 17, 2005. Daily Racing Form. By Cindy Deubler
Harford County's Better Business Bureau could have that as a new promotional slogan if Bellamy Road reproduces his most recent effort in this year's Kentucky Derby. It would be the third time in four years that the small town of Darlington, Md., has had a classic connection. (more)
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| 04-29-2005 | Forestier sweet Honey Acres homebred
April 24, 2005, Daily Racing Form. By Lucy Acton.
Forestier, winner of the April 8 Classy Mirage Stakes at Aqueduct, may turn out to be Alan Kline's classiest runner.
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| 08-14-2005 | Secret Prospect has flashy daughter
August 14, 2005, Daily Racing Form. By Cindy Deubler.
Ten years ago, a filly named Secret Prospect launched a 2-year-old campaign at Monmouth Park that resulted in a Maryland-bred championship. On Aug. 6 at the beautiful resort track, her 2-year-old daughter, Livermore Valley, made strides toward her own title.
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| 09-06-2005 | Patience finally pays for Baileys
Sept. 4, 2005, Daily Racing Form. By CINDY DEUBLER
Breeding horses can often be a venture of hard luck and broken promises. Kelly and Wayne Bailey can provide a list of could-have-beens and what-ifs when discussing the family of their new stable star, Saay Mi Name, a two-time stakes winner in August.
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| 10-10-2005 | Best year ever for Midlantic sale
Ocotber 9, 2005. By CINDY DEUBLER
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale, conducted Oct. 3-5 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds's sales pavilion in Timonium, Md., was an enormous success. Records were smashed in a number of major categories, and Maryland breeders were significant contributors.
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| 10-17-2005 | Canadian ties for Northview's 2 newest stallions
October 16, 2005. By Lucy Acton.
Northview Stallion Station, Maryland's largest Thoroughbred breeding operation and home to the outstanding sire Not for Love, has never been the kind of place to rest on its laurels.
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| 10-24-2005 | Ladies win brightens dark time for Pons family
October 23, 2005. Daily Racing Form.
By CINDY DEUBLER
The 20th anniversary of the Maryland Million, the innovative program that shifts racing's focus onto Maryland's stallions and farms, was emotional, thrilling, and, at times, nearly unbelievable.
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| 12-16-2005 | Ford disperses broodmares - both of them
Daily Racing Form. December 11, 2005. By LUCY ACTON.
When a long-successful breeder disperses his entire broodmare band, he can expect to spark enthusiasm among buyers. It turned out that way for Eugene Ford, who was responsible for two of the three top broodmare prices, including the $140,000 sale-topper, at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December mixed sale held Dec. 4 and 5 at Timonium.
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| 12-28-2005 | A Christmas story that begins with a song
December 16, 2005. Daily Racing Form. By CINDY DEUBLER.
A bit of Christmas magic has swirled around Patricia Runyon ever since she first made the huge leap to become a horse owner back in 1998. And the magic blew in again when the Runyon-bred 2-year-old filly Christmas Stocking shipped to Calder Race Course on Dec. 10 and rallied for her first stakes victory, in the $100,000 Cherokee Frolic Stakes.
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| 01-10-2006 | No clear choice for 2005's top 2-year-old
Daily Racing Form. Jan. 8, 2006. By CINDY DEUBLER
Maryland-bred 2-year-olds had a tough act to follow in 2005, trying to fill the shoes of Eclipse Award winner Declan's Moon. While that lofty perch wasn't reached, there is no denying that last year's crop was a diverse and ambitious group.
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| 02-28-2006 | Mogador added to farm's growing roster
Daily Racing Form, 2-26-2006. By LUCY ACTON
How many stallions are too many? Don Litz, founder and president of Maryland Stallion Station, said that he and his partner, David DiPietro, considered that question carefully before adding yet another new horse to the farm's burgeoning roster for 2006.
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| 03-06-2006 | Haydens add a $2 million colt to resume
3-05-05--- Daily Racing Form
By CINDY DEUBLER
Only a few breeding operations have produced an Eclipse Award champion and Breeders' Cup winner, and a multi-million-dollar sales horse. David and JoAnn Hayden's Dark Hollow Farm belongs to that elite company following Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton Florida selected 2-year-olds in training sale at Calder.
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| 03-13-2006 | Leatherbury and Ah Day's bloodlines go way back
Legendary Maryland trainer King Leatherbury has also been quite successful in the breeding business - reaching a high mark in the 1980's and 90's with the Maryland-bred champions Thirty Eight Go Go and Notches Trace, daughters of his foundation mare Dronette. (more)
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| 03-20-2006 | Bowmans take breeders' title for second time
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By CINDY DEUBLER
The Maryland Horse Breeders Association has announced that Tom and Chris Bowman, Cherokee Wonder, and Louis Quatorze have been selected by the board of directors as the 2005 breeder, broodmare, and stallion of the year, respectively. The awards will be presented at the MHBA's annual awards dinner on April 21 at St. Patrick's Hall in Havre de Grace, Md. The 2005 Maryland-bred champions and Federico Tesio Award winners will also be honored that evening. (more)
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| 04-04-2006 | New career peak for Dean
Don Dean is a spiritual man who has interwoven a passion for horse racing with a cause for helping others. So it wasn't surprising that Dean, the former president of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America, was attending the Race Track Chaplaincy's annual meeting in Houston, Tex., on the day of his biggest score as a breeder. (more)
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| 05-03-2006 | Festival celebrates duPont legacy
The legacy of renowned Maryland breeder Allaire duPont, who died this past January at age 92, carried on at Pimlico's Spring Festival of Racing last weekend. (more)
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| 05-08-2006 | Declan's Moon's breeder has another star
Not so many moons ago, Marylander Brice Ridgely rose from obscurity in the Thoroughbred world to be hailed as the breeder of 2004 Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old Declan's Moon, a son of Malibu Moon. (more)
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| 07-14-2006 | Sale filly related to Spun Sugar
July 14, 2006, Daily Racing Form. By CINDY DEUBLER.
The summer sales season starts with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale Monday and Tuesday at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky., and Maryland breeders are ready to go. With nearly two dozen statebred yearlings cataloged, only Kentucky and Florida have a higher representation of statebreds.
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| 08-14-2006 | Spa sale debut a $360K hit
August 12, 2006, Daily Racing Form. By CINDY DEUBLER.
Two Sophisticated proved she fit right in with the Saratoga crowd when she appeared in the sales ring on opening night of Fasig-Tipton's sale of selected yearlings. A flashy chestnut Two Punch filly, she was sold to Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stable LLC for $360,000, the top price among the eight Maryland-breds offered at this year's sale, held on Aug. 8-9 at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion.
Derry Meeting Farm was agent for Two Sophisticated, who was bred by Edward Gamble's Destinaire Farm. But the more than two-year process for Gamble to sell his first horse at Saratoga began at Susan Dunham's Cross Ties Farm in Sykesville, Md.
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| 08-30-2006 | Second in Command bags rare triple
Few horses go out and set three course records at a single track, let alone at Saratoga. But Second in Command, a classy old Maryland-bred, completed that rare triple (more)
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| 09-09-2006 | Promenade Girl another Bender success
Sondra and Howard Bender's homebred 4-year-old Promenade Girl delivered one of the most impressive performances by a Maryland-bred this season with her close victory over Round Pond in the Grade 2 Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Stakes last Sunday at Monmouth.
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| 09-20-2006 | Filly wins one for old times
It's not every day that a horse wins for the first time in a stakes race. But Bertram Linder, now 91, has seen just about everything. (more)
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| 11-17-2006 | State?s pride auctioned bing, bang, boom
Maryland-bred Grade 1 winner and Grade 1 producer Hookedonthefeelin made headlines, selling for $2.9 million at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November selected mixed sale on Nov. 12. (more)
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| 12-20-2006 | Northview glad to get Love of Money
Love of Money, a very fast son of Not for Love who won the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby two years ago in his stakes debut in only his fourth career start, will stand at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., for 2007. (more)
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| 01-19-2007 | Stakes muddle championship picture
The battle to determine the top Maryland-bred 2-year-olds came down to the wire - literally - at Laurel Park on Dec. 30 with thrilling runnings of the Maryland Juvenile and Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship Stakes, (more)
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| 04-09-2007 | Bowmans repeat as breeders of the year
Tom and Chris Bowman's Dance Forth Farm encompasses only 53 acres near historic Chestertown on Maryland's Eastern Shore. But it is a powerhouse of Thoroughbred breeding activity. (more)
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| 06-25-2007 | Euthanized at 24, Waquoit still delivering
Much can be said for the blue-collar sires, those who grind it out year after year, offering breeders a good chance at success for a modest price and occasionally producing a standout. Waquoit fits the profile exactly. (more)
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| 07-09-2007 | Ready's Image has looks and talent
Ready's Image, the Maryland-bred colt who brushed off his rivals with remarkable ease while winning Belmont Park's Tremont Stakes last Sunday, proves that looks can be on the money. (more)
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| 07-18-2007 | 26 Maryland-breds at Fasig-Tipton sale
A bountiful array of Maryland-bred yearlings will be offered at the two-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale, which kicks off 10 a.m. Monday (July 16) at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky. (more)
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| 08-21-2007 | Paying Off's stock rising
Morgan and Janet Wayson are hoping that history repeats itself on this year's Maryland Million Day, Oct. 13 at Laurel Park. (more)
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| 08-30-2007 | Breeders go full circle with win
When P V Lightening crossed the wire two lengths in front in the Humphrey S. Finney Stakes on Aug. 18 at Laurel, he completed a satisfying journey for his breeders, Michael and Patricia Sutherland. (more)
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| 09-06-2007 | Ready's Image, Sales Tax clinch early
With many 2-year-olds just getting their racing careers started, it's hard to imagine that divisional titles may already be nailed down. But in the Maryland-bred ranks, two 2-year-olds have stepped up with impressive records (more)
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| 10-29-2007 | Claim of Heros Reward pays off
Annual balloting for Maryland-bred champions doesn't include a claimer of the year category. But if it did, the 5-year-old gelding Heros Reward would have clinched all the votes with his performance last Sunday at Woodbine. (more)
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| 12-03-2007 | Jumper's rise to top a pleasant surprise to breeders
Tom and Chris Bowman have reached one high point after another over the past several years with their Maryland-based breeding operation. So it's no surprise that the Bowmans are likely to be listed among the breeders of 2007 Eclipse Award winners. (more)
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| 12-18-2007 | Big buy paid off for the Benders
Nine years ago, Larry Murray, the trainer, farm manager, and bloodstock adviser for Sondra and Howard Bender's perennially successful Maryland operation, made one of the boldest moves of his career.
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| 12-28-2007 | Not for Love outdoes himself in 2007
Raising the bar when you've been on top for four consecutive years would seem a monumental task. Not for Love, Maryland's leading sire since 2003, has accomplished just that feat.
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| 01-01-2008 | Ask the Moon defies bleak early projection
Ask the Moon's timing couldn't have been better. In her stakes debut, facing a number of contenders for the title of the best Maryland-bred 2-year-old filly of 2007, the Millicent Johnsen-owned Ask the Moon drew off to win the Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship Stakes (more)
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| 01-08-2008 | Two stakes wins raise Outflanker's profile
Apple Special's forceful victory in the Maryland Juvenile Championship Stakes last Saturday was part of a spectacular double play for his sire, Outflanker, a son of Danzig standing at Maryland Stallion Station in Glyndon, Md.
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| 01-14-2008 | Moon Catcher delivers big dividends
New names popped up alongside familiar ones among Maryland's leaders of 2007. And there was no catching Moon Catcher, the year's top Maryland-bred money earner. (more)
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| 01-21-2008 | Silmaril joins elite five
Reaching the million-dollar mark in earnings is still a glorious achievement for a Thoroughbred racehorse. Especially if the runner happens to be a homebred - and female. (more)
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| 01-28-2008 | Doyouwanttodance best yet for longtime owner-breeders
State boundaries can get blurred for horse people in the Mid-Atlantic region. The 4-year-old filly Doyouwanttodance was bred by a Virginia horse woman who usually sends her mares for foaling to Maryland. Conceived in Maryland, Doyouwanttodance happens to be a West Virginia-bred. (more)
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| 03-12-2008 | Heros Reward collects four titles
Turf sprint specialist Heros Reward was named Maryland-bred horse of the year for 2007 in the annual poll conducted by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association.
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| 03-26-2008 | One broodmare, lots of success
Morris E. Balser, a Towson, Md., attorney, may never become famous as a breeder of Thoroughbreds. But his modest 13-year run in the breeding business has brought a success rate that even the great Federico Tesio would have been proud to call his own. (more)
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| 03-26-2008 | Kees did her job quietly, efficiently
Maryland's breeding and racing industry lost one of its icons when Barbara M. "Bobby" Kees died on Feb. 25 at the age of 86, following several years of declining health. (more)
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| 04-17-2008 | It's a silver anniversary for Deputed Testamony
A shaggy old bay horse hangs his head over a fence at Bonita Farm in Darlington, Md., some 30 miles north of Baltimore, and snorts at another spring.
This is Deputed Testamony, who won the Preakness 25 years ago.
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| 04-21-2008 | Domestic Dispute has numbers on his side
Nearly a dozen stallions entered stud in Maryland in 2005, and their first foals reach the races this year. Of that group, Domestic Dispute, Great Notion, and Bowman's Band are represented by more than 25 2-year-olds.
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| 05-14-2008 | One look hooked Rice on Dicey D J
Maryland breeders Cynthia and Charles McGinnes were "overwhelmed with joy" when their homebred filly by Milwaukee Brew brought $70,000 at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale at Timonium.
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| 05-19-2008 | Juveniles by Maryland leaders earn fast times
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's biggest sale of the year based on gross and average, the two-day May 2-year-olds in training sale, will kick off on Monday (May 19) at 10 a.m. at the Timonium sales pavilion in Timonium, Md. (more)
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| 07-01-2008 | Smart and Fancy comes into her own
Smart and Fancy, the 5-year-old Maryland-bred mare who rallied to a four-length victory in the Buckland Stakes at Colonial Downs last weekend, has a way of making the racing business look easy. (more)
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| 07-21-2008 | Seeking Daylight gets stakes winner
Members of Maryland's freshman sire class of 2007 were locked in a tight battle last year, until Maryland Stallion Station's Seeking Daylight surged late, getting five winners in the last six weeks of the year, to take the title of leading freshman sire.
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| 07-28-2008 | Blue Sky Princess colt a hot commodity
Seven Maryland-breds, one of them by the state's leading sire Not for Love, are undergoing final preparations for the Saratoga select yearling sale to be conducted by Fasig-Tipton on Aug. 4 and 5 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (more)
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| 09-01-2008 | Maryland-breds grab loot at Charles Town
Juveniles had the chance to compete for a total of $250,000 on the evening of Aug. 23 in three new races added to Charles Town's stakes schedule. And Maryland-breds came away with the bulk of the loot. (more)
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| 09-15-2008 | Bowman's Band gets stakes winner
After Tropical Storm Hanna dumped two inches of rain in the area and forced Laurel Park's Gin Talking Stakes off the turf on Sept. 6, the sun came out during the running of the race. For Carol Kaye-Garcia, it was almost a sign that the late Jim Glenn was watching. (more)
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| 10-13-2008 | Jersey-bred Cuba from Maryland-based sire
The Pons family of Country Life Farm waited 23 years to breed a winner of the Maryland Million Classic. But when Cuba drew off to a commanding four-length victory in the $300,000 Classic before a crowd of 21,948 on the 23rd annual Maryland Million Day last Saturday at Laurel Park, few people were aware that it had finally happened. (more)
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| 12-04-2008 | Houghton cuts back at Buckingham
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's December mixed sale has been trimmed by about a third from previous years, with fewer than 400 broodmares, weanlings, yearlings, and horses of racing age cataloged for the one-day sale, to be held Dec. 8 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. (more)
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| 12-29-2008 | Queen of Song gets perfect ride in stakes win
Trainer Mark Shuman's "Plan A" for Queen of Song since her debut in September was to start her in the Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship, with the hope that the beautifully bred daughter of Unbridled's Song would add black type to her record. Those plans succeeded, and then some.
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| 01-01-2009 | Great Notion gets a boost from Gonna Dash
One year ago, there was a tight battle between two first-year Maryland stallions, hailing from the same barn, for the title of leading freshman sire. It's deja vu all over again.
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| 01-13-2009 | Stallion Station moves stallions to other farms
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way – the Maryland Stallion Station leaving its majestic site on the hillside overlooking Sagamore Farm in Maryland’s Worthington Valley after only four years of operation and relocating its eight stallions to other facilities for 2009. (more)
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