Category: Breeding

Jockey Club predicts smaller 2024 foal crop

by Press Release | Sep 25, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, National news | 0 |

The Jockey Club is predicting a North American foal crop of 18,500, a drop of 500 from the estimated 2023 foal crop, continuing a long downward slide.

Gigante carries on Backer breeding legacy

by Nick Hahn | Aug 15, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Racing | 0 |

Virginia-bred Secretariat Stakes winner Gigante is the product of multiple generations of Bill and Ann Backer’s breeding operation over more than 30 years.

Laurel Park gets Commission OK to resume racing

by Frank Vespe | Apr 27, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

The Maryland Racing Commission signed off Thursday morning on allowing racing at Laurel Park to resume on the recommendation of the stakeholders.

New stallion True Valour to get “a big chance”

by Sponsored | Apr 19, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding | 0 |

True Valour won stakes in four different seasons, including as an eight-year-old. Now he’s one of the most intriguing young stallions in Maryland.

Anchor & Hope offers exciting stallions at reasonable prices

by Sponsored | Apr 6, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding | 0 |

Anchor and Hope Farm’s exciting roster of young stallions includes Fortune Ticket, a full-brother to Gun Runner, and several others.

Anna’s Bandit delivers first Maryland foal of ’23

by Press Release | Jan 18, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding | 0 |

Anna’s Bandit, an 11-time stakes winner of more than $800,000, delivered Maryland’s first foal of 2023, a colt by Tapit.

True Valour retired to stand at Northview

by Press Release | Oct 13, 2022 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding | 0 |

True Valour, a multiple graded stakes winner on the turf, has been retired and will stand stud at Maryland’s Northview Stallion Station.

Maryland sire Imagining euthanized

by Press Release | Aug 25, 2022 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding | 0 |

Maryland sire Imagining was euthanized August 23, Anchor and Hope Farm said, the result of complications from colic.

Bandbox colt named champion of MHBA yearling show

by Press Release | Jul 25, 2022 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding | 0 |

In the 88th annual Maryland Horse Breeders’ Association (MHBA) yearling show, a Bandbox colt, a Hillwood Stable homebred, took top honors.

Anchor & Hope’s exciting lineup includes Gun Runner brother Fortune Ticket

by Sponsored | May 26, 2022 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding | 0 |

Anchor and Hope Farm’s exciting roster of young stallions includes Fortune Ticket, a full-brother to Gun Runner, and several others.

Peace and Justice: Sire’s offspring versatile, precocious

by Sponsored | Apr 26, 2022 | Breaking, Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania | 0 |

No Pennsylvania sire had more two-year-old winners last year than did Peace and Justice, and the stallion’s just getting rolling, says his owner.

Galawi to stand at Northview

by Press Release | Nov 30, 2021 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding | 0 |

Galawi, a regally bred but lightly raced son of Dubawi, will stand stud at Maryland’s Northview Stallion Station for the 2022 season.