Ann Backer Archives • The Racing Biz

Owner-breeder Ann Mudge Backer passes

The Biz / 1 month

3 min read

Ann Mudge Backer, who with her husband built a formidable breeding and racing operation in Virginia, has died at 93.

The Queen, smitten

Nick Hahn / 5 months

4 min read

Queen Camilla’s visit to the United States featured a stop at Virginia’s Smitten Farm, a top regoinal breeding operation.

Ann Backer
Gigante
Gillian Gordon-Moore
Hunter Lee Marek
Javier Castellano
Secretariat S.
Virginia horse racing
Wayne Chatfield-Taylor
William Backer

Gigante carries on Backer breeding legacy

Nick Hahn / 3 years
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9 min read

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.

Splendora leads newest Top Midlantic-bred Poll

Familiar faces expected at WV Breeders Classics

Jockey Martin Chuan suspended through Oct. 11

September wagering handle increases versus last year

Forty improbable years of WV Breeders Classics

Mid-Atlantic three stars: October 5, 2026

Owner-breeder Ann Mudge Backer passes

The Queen, smitten

Gigante carries on Backer breeding legacy

Splendora leads newest Top Midlantic-bred Poll

Familiar faces expected at WV Breeders.

Forty improbable years of WV Breeders.

Trainer Jose Corrales hit with 2-year.

Two-track Capuano family double in 2yo.

Regaled dazzles for DelCap double