The Equiery’s 2020 Stallion Line Up, continued...
sic at seven years old and fi nished sec- ond in that same race the following year. Fellow T oroughbreds Dort- mund (Big Brown x Our Josephina) and Kobe’s Back (Flatter x Well), both standing at Bonita Farm in Harford County, each have earnings in the millions. Sweet Rock Stable’s Morgan stallion
Circle F One Good Reason (KBA Sport Model x DeBar Patti Jane) was the 2018 Grand National Amateur In Hand Stallion at the Morgan Grand National Championships. Located in Carroll County, this stallion has also been making appearances at Horse- land during the Maryland State Fair! Once again, the Trakehner stallion Elfenper-
Horseland visitors may recognize this stallion! Circle F One Good Reason was also the 2018 Grand National Amateur In Hand Stallion at the Morgan Grand Na- tional Championships.
in Wicomico County; he has previously stood in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
fekt “Pg” (Peron “Pg” “E” x Elfentraum “E”) competed at the US Dressage Federation Na- tional Finals. Standing in Frederick County, he fi nished fourth nationally at Grand Prix and sixth in the Grand Prix Freestyle in 2019. Also competing and succeeding at the FEI Grand Prix level in dressage is Hanoverian stallion Rapture R (Rotspon x Demaris). He also stands in Frederick County. According to Commandalena’s (Smart Chic
Olena x Givency Command) proud owner Dana Graff t (Frederick County), the Quar- ter Horse stallion has “too many NRHA and AQHA titles to list!” His current lifetime earn- ings are $144,000. Tom Cooke’s Standardbred stallion Nuclear
Breeze (Nuclear High x Radiant Breeze) is a world champion with a mark of 1:48.2 and ca- reer earnings of over $350,000. He is standing
Producing Champions A stallion’s accomplishments are certainly
worth boasting about, but more importantly in the breeding world are what his off spring have accomplished. Maryland stallions have off spring winning in a variety of disciplines at the national and international levels. According to our survey results, Standardbred
and T oroughbred racing is the most common sport off spring are participating in. T or- oughbred stallion Cuba made his mark right away with his fi rst foal to run being champion Maryland-bred Laki. Laki has already won over $460 million in earnings and was the 2018 Maryland-bred Older Champion Male. T e 17-year-old Standardbred stallion Nuclear
Breeze has over 150 off spring racing. He has sired horses with over $5 million in earnings to date.
PRESERVING THE CLEVELAND BAY by Marcia Brody
Cleveland Bay horses have had a presence in Maryland since 1820, when the fi rst documented import, a stallion called Exile, made his home at John Carroll’s Tuscarora in Frederick County. England’s oldest native breed, and perhaps the original Warmblood, these horses are now critically endangered, with the population of purebreds worldwide numbering fewer than 1,000. A large concentration of the US Cleveland Bay population thrives in the Mid-Atlantic region, where they can be seen at horse shows like the Howard County Fair, Upperville and Warrenton. There is also an annual Cleveland Bay Foxhunting Day that rotates through the region.
Purebred Cleveland Bays make successful all-around mounts and do especially well as foxhunters. They can also excel in show hunting, eventing, dressage, and showjumping. Many fi nd rewarding lives as mid- level competitors and pleasure horses for a wide variety of riders. The 2018 national champion US Eventing Future Event Horse yearling fi lly was a Cleveland Bay x Thoroughbred fi lly bred by BellaVista Farm in Jefferson. Perhaps the highest level of success in the sport of eventing for the breed also has a Maryland tie – while still in England. Sarah Cole (O’Halloran) and her mother bred and owned John O’Gaunt, a Cleveland Bay x Thoroughbred sired by Her Majesty’s Mulgrave Supreme. This Cleveland Bay cross won Burghley in 1979 when it was still held as a long format. A few years ago, Maryland junior rider Ryan Keefe rode the half-Cleveland mare Idle Secret to state championship awards at Training level and also to the title of Top Eventing Mare in the state. After her eventing career, “Secret” went on to lead the Middleburg Hunt with one of its Masters until she was retired. There are several breeders in Maryland with pure and partbred stallions. The greatest population of purebreds is at Jason Daisey’s BellaVista Farm, which stands the imported Arena Maestro and also Gaylord Ivanhoe, by the recently deceased Ramblers Richard Lionheart. Magnifi c Sporthorses, based in Middletown, stands the ¾ Cleveland Bay sporthorse Belladonna Quasar, and the up and coming Cleveland Bay x Holsteiner x Thoroughbred sporthorse Magnifi c Cimon. There are a few other breeders scattered throughout the state.
The Mid-Atlantic Cleveland Bay Network organizes a number of activities for fanciers of the breed through- out the year, including shows, trail rides, foxhunting and social events. Please feel free to fi nd us on Facebook!
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Thoroughbred Full of Scoundrels is a new stallion in our line up with eventing prospect foals on the ground.
Clydesdale/Thoroughbred cross, Glendev- on’s Mountain Man, has sired several event horses as well as foxhunters, jumpers and dressage horses.
T e sport of eventing was the second most
common discipline by off spring, according to survey results, followed by foxhunting. Cleveland Bay stallion Arena Maestro (Laughton Saladin x Knaresborough Moon Dust) has produced several event horses and foxhunters. Standing at Bella Vista Farm in Frederick County, Arena Maestro’s fi rst crop included the 2018 Future Event Horse national champion yearling fi lly. Other stallion off spring have been shown in hunters, jumpers, dressage, western pleasure, driving and halter classes. Specifi cally, Arabian stallions Qaadar Nadir Samar (Ansata Nile Nadir x Zahara Keela) and Imperial Baaru (Imperial Baarez x Imperial Falaah) both have off spring earning results in national
halter
championship classes. Both stallions stand at Infi nity Egyptian Stud in Baltimore County.
Standardbred stallion Nuclear Breeze has shown success in his own racing career as well as that of his offspring... over 150 get earning over $5 million and counting!
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