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16
May
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Grace Merryman
  • Louis Merryman
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Max Merryman

Happy Preakness, Max Merryman

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Louis and Grace Merryman’s son Max was born more than three months premature. He’ll spend his first Preakness at home in Maryland.

Bourbon Courage
06
Apr
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Bourbon Courage
  • Fortune Ticket
  • Grace Merryman
  • Holy Boss
  • Long River
  • Maryland horse racing

Anchor & Hope offers exciting stallions at reasonable prices

  • Sponsored / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

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

Monday Morning Qb
25
Aug
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Grace Merryman
  • Imagining
  • Louis Merryman
  • Maryland horse racing

Maryland sire Imagining euthanized

  • Press Release / 3 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

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

25
Mar
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Bret Calhoun
  • Derby Bill Watson
  • Grace Merryman
  • Off to the Races

Off to the Races Radio: Bret Calhoun featured

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Off to the Races returns to the airwaves March 26 with an exciting show featuring trainer Bret Calhoun, who’ll send out Kupuna in the Louisiana Derby.

Mr. Mox
22
Oct
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Country Life Farm
  • David Wade
  • Divining Rod
  • Editorial
  • Grace Merryman
  • Holy Boss
  • Madefromlucky
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Million
  • Mike Pons
  • Northview Stallion Station

Md Million: New sires hoping for fast starts

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

This year’s Maryland Million could mark coming-out parties for several first-crop stallions seeking to get a leg up in the race to see who’s next.

Holy Boss
17
Jun
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Grace Merryman
  • Holy Boss
  • Show'em Who's Boss

Sire Holy Boss has first winner

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Freshman sire Holy Boss had his first starter and first winner Wednesday at Delaware Park as Show’em Who’s Boss romped.

Bourbon Courage
09
Apr
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Bourbon Courage
  • Editorial
  • Grace Merryman
  • Holy Boss
  • Imagining
  • Long River
  • Maryland horse racing

Anchor and Hope trying to “keep Maryland racing on the rise”

  • Sponsored / 5 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

With a roster of five, including two that already have stakes winners, Anchor and Hope Farm offers the most exciting young stallion roster in Maryland.

26
Mar
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Grace Merryman
  • Michael Stidham
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Off to the Races

Dale Romans featured on Off to the Races Radio

  • The Biz / 5 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Off to the Races Radio returns to the air March 27 with a show featuring trainer Dale Romans and Josh Pons of the Maryland Horse Foundation.

19
Mar
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Grace Merryman
  • Michael Stidham
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Off to the Races

Mike Stidham featured on Off to the Races Radio

  • The Biz / 5 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Off to the Races Radio returns to the air March 20 with a show featuring trainer Mike Stidham and owner-breeder-stallion owner Grace Merryman.

08
Feb
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Force the Pass
  • George Adams
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Wasabi Venture Stables

First foal a filly for Force the Pass

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Stallion Force the Pass, who stood for a single season in Maryland before being sold to Saudi Arabia, had his first foal, a filly, February 4.

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