The Breeding Business in Maryland, continued
did was to make me be even more realistic about asking price from the start of the sale.” Dodon Farm’s
Steuart Pittman may be the only T or- oughbred breeder in Maryland to have ac- tually had an uptick in breedings for 2011, but he is not breeding for the track. Before the crash, in the spring of 2007, his sport horse T oroughbred Salute T e Truth bred 29 mares. In 2008, he bred 20; in 2009, he bred 13, hitting a low of eight in 2010, but this year he covered a more reassuring num- ber of 16 mares. And Steuart has likewise no- ticed a rebound in sales. “We were [breeding] three or four of our own mares per year and cut
Marilyn Meredith of Raylyn Farm has adopted new breeding technologies and now the farm offers mares that breeders can use as recipient mares for em- bryo transplants.
back to one. T e young horses sold well, but not until age four when they can prove themselves. Not many people buy weanling event prospects. Our training busi- ness has grown steadily, and is far more profi table and less risky than our breeding business.” Meanwhile, Hilltop reports that business has remained steady, but that they have had to really work at it. With cooled and frozen semen, clients have 20 stallions from which to choose. For 2011, Hilltop shipped semen out to about 300 mares. But Hilltop, like so many other
farms, has adjusted their business model. T ey now accept outside foals to raise. “T ere is a need for foal raising services for people who want to breed, but don’t have a place to keep a foal,” explains Natalie. In
2010, Hilltop had three outsiders; this year they expect 15. Natalie also notes that sales of young horses are active, but the prices are lower.
Raylyn Farm in Frederick County, which has long bred for international show jumpers, likewise anticipates that the breeding industry will rebound, but is going to look a bit diff erent from the breeding industry of old. T e mod- ern competitor interested in breeding a valu- able sale or competition mare does not want to truncate the mare’s career in order to breed her, but is keenly interested in perpetuating her talent and ability. Marilyn Meredith, daughter of the founders of Raylyn Farm and an inter- nationally acclaimed show jumper, is adapting the family breeding business to this new mar- ket by acquiring a herd of over 30 recipient mares for embryo transplants. Now, owners can breed their mare, transfer to resulting embryo to a recipient mare, and continue to compete the mare while the recipient mare has the foal. T e future of the breeding business in Maryland? It will be there…it will just be a diff erent business than it was prior to the crash of the economy in 2007, and that might just be a good thing!
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