Category: PA Breeding

Chris Feifarek hoping for “heroic” future for Beren

by Teresa Genaro | Aug 5, 2021 | Breaking, Features, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Top Stories | 1 |

Pennsylvania-bred Beren is named for a hero of fantasy literature, and co-owner-breeder Chris Feifarek hopes his horse can be a hero of a different sort.

Joy and tears as Caravel sets sail

by Teresa Genaro | Jul 27, 2021 | Breaking, Features, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Pennsylvania-bred Caravel won the G3 Caress at Saratoga. in a bittersweet last start for breeder-owner-trainer Lizzie Merryman.

Beren may point to G2 Amsterdam

by Press Release | Jul 23, 2021 | Breaking, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |

Pennsylvania-bred Beren had a fast work Friday morning that has trainer Butch Reid thinking about the G2 Amsterdam for his next start.

Six Midlantic-breds among Triple Crown noms

by Frank Vespe | Feb 6, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Breeding, New Jersey, NJ Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, West Virginia, WV Breeding | 0 |

Stakes winners Hello Hot Rod and Pickin’ Time are among six horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic who have been nominated to the Triple Crown.

Sire Peace and Justice “on his way”

by Sponsored | Jan 14, 2021 | Breaking, Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Top Stories | 0 |

With a stakes winner and several other promising runners on the track, young Pennsylvania sire Peace and Justice looks to be on the way up.

Peace and Justice moves to Blackstone

by Press Release | Nov 20, 2020 | Breaking, Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Young sire Peace and Justice, a son of War Front whose first crop are two-year-olds, will move for 2021 to Pennsylvania’s Blackstone Farm.

Wicked Strong to PIn Oak Lane for 2021

by Press Release | Oct 21, 2020 | Breaking, Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Wicked Strong, a millionaire on the racetrack who is 13th nationally among second-crop sires, will shift to Pennsylvania’s Pin Oak Lane Farm for 2021.

Wellbourne Farms to take over Northview-PA land

by Press Release | Aug 25, 2020 | Breaking, Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania | 0 |

The former Northview-PA will remain a breeding operation under the new banner of Wellbourne Farms, the two operations announced.

Hipnotizada is first winner for Uncle Lino

by Frank Vespe | Jul 18, 2020 | Breaking, Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Pennsylvania-based sire Uncle Lino, whose oldest are 2-year-olds, registered his first winner today when Hipnotizada dominated a maiden race at Delaware Park.

Hoppertunity sires first foal

by Press Release | Jan 22, 2020 | Breaking, Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Hoppertunity, an earner of more than $4 million on the racetrack, sired his first foal, a filly out of a stakes-winning mare.

Normandy Invasion added to Pin Oak Lane Farm roster

by Press Release | Oct 29, 2019 | Breaking, Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Normandy Invasion, a graded stakes-placed son of Tapit, will stand stud at Pennsylvania’s Pin Oak Lane Farm in 2020.

McConnell family riding wave with aptly named Prince Lucky

by Teresa Genaro | Mar 30, 2019 | Breaking, Features, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Top Stories | 0 |

Daniel McConnell and his son John bred only one mare in 2014, but that mare’s offspring, Prince Lucky, continues to live up to his name with a three-race win steak, all in stakes company.