For young sires in particular, Maryland Million success can catch the eyes of the region’s breeders and help propel a stallion.
The numbers for Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton yearling sale continued a decline that’s been going on for years. Participants offered several theories on why.
The contentious battle for the presidency of New York’s horsemen’s group is now causing similar discord among mid-Atlantic horsemen.
Golden Years arrived at Saturday’s Maryland Million with some buzz, while My Magician flew under the radar. By day’s end, both juveniles were stake winners.
Maiden longshot My Magician upset the Maryland Million Lassie to give her sire, Street Magician, his first stakes winner.
The half-dozen Virginia-bred stakes run at Laurel Park Saturday could point the way to future regional cooperation, even a circuit, said participants.
President Tim Keefe and the other newly chosen officers of the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (MTHA) promised a “new direction” for the group.
The Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association today announced its board elections results, with seven new directors among the 15 total set to take office.
Two members were added and three reelected to the Maryland Horse Breeders Association board of directors, the group announced.
Heritage Stallions, the first new Maryland stallion facility in a decade, will feature Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo, Hunters Bay, and four other stallions in time for the 2014 breeding season.