News from the Breeding Shed
AQHA Extends Stallion Enrollment Deadline
T e American Quarter Horse Association re-
cently made changes to its incentive fund pro- gram that aff ect the 2012 show calendar. Due to the change, AQHA extended its stallion enroll- ment deadline to January 16 with no penalties. T is season, stallion owners enrolled in the
program will now get 15% back from the pool of money each year. T is is a 5% increase. Foal nomination fees for foals born in 2013 has in- creased to $25 to help create a large pool of funds. Exhibitors will need to pay a competi-
New Stallions in Maryland!
By the numbers, it may seem that breeding in Maryland has been slow- ing to a trickle; however, Maryland continues to stand top stallions in a variety of breeds and for a variety of disciplines. Whether it is for breed incentive programs like the Maryland Million, or to be closer to top ven- ues like Fair Hill, or to receive fabulous training from some of the coun- try’s top trainers, more stallions are fl ocking to Maryland for the 2012 season. Here are just a few who are now calling Maryland home. Hunter and jumper trainer Lyndi Prettyman Caruso recently purchased the four-year-old American Warmblood stallion B’Elated, who is now standing at Center Peace Farm in Lanham. Lyndi plans to compete the young stallion in the hunter ring during his fi rst season of breeding. Vinca, a stallion owned by Pennsylvanian Ginger Parker, fi rst got
tion license of $50 for the amateur division and $50 for the open division in order to earn in- centive fund payouts. For more information and to enroll your stal- lion, visit
www.aqha.com.
Six Figures at Saratoga Select Sale
At the August 8-9 Fasig-Tipton’s boutique Sara- toga select yearling sale, held in Saratoga Springs, New York, six Mid-Atlantic bred yearlings made the six-fi gure list. Among those six was a Mary- land-bred chestnut colt that sold for $100,000. James T. Dresher, Jr. bred the colt by Street Boss
out of Now It Begins (by Two Punch).
Shared Account Retires to Breeding Shed After 18 career starts, the 2010 Breeders’ Cup
Filly & Mare Turf G1 Winner Shared Account has been retired from racing to start her new career as a champion broodmare and will be bred to the 2006 Preakness winner Bernadim. T e 2006 fi lly by Pleasantly Perfect out of Silk N’ Sapphire was purchased during the fall Keeneland Association Inc. sales for $170,000 by Sagamore Farm’s owner Kevin Plank. She was one of the fi rst four yearlings to be pur- chased by Sagamore. Over the past two years, she has had a 6-4-1
started in dressage under the instruction of Marylander trainer Todd Bryant. Ginger competed the stallion herself last year in the jumper circuit but decided to bring him back to Maryland for the 2012 season. He is now standing at T ornridge Manor in Glen Arm and will be competed by Phoebe DeVoe-Moore. Phoebe said Ginger moved Vinca to T ornridge because, “[our] quality training and sales program made us able to partner with [Ginger’s] breeding program.” Wood’s Lane Farm in Mt. Airy also expanded its stallion count for 2012 with the addition of
B’Elated from Center Peace Farm
two new Hanoverian stallions. Falsterbo and Romancero H were both bred in Germany and im- ported to the U.S. by Sharon Garner. Esther Noiles of Wood’s Lane bought the two stallions last year to add to the farm’s stallion lineup. “Both stallions have bloodlines not normally seen on the East Coast, which is why I was interested in them,” Esther explained. She went on to state that Falsterbo has both jumper and dressage lines and has already been competed through the Grand Prix level in dressage. Up until last year, breeding to Romancero H was only through live cover in Germany, thus his bloodlines are basically brand new here in Maryland. “I’m hoping people will get excited about these two,” Esther added, stating that Maryland trainer Julio Mendoza will cam- paign both horses in dressage this season. Tawna King of Golden Venture Farm in Southern Maryland recently purchased a Dutch stallion to add to her farm’s stallion lineup. “Unico M has fantastic Grand Prix jumper bloodlines very close up in his lineage, which is unique for this area,” Tawna said. Finding Unico M was like fi nding a needle in a haystack, as the stallion was never really campaigned by his previous owner. “I wanted to bring him to our farm mainly for our own breeding program. His lines give us more fl exibility for our own mares,” Tawna said, adding that his bloodlines should also attract outside breeders. T is year, Tawna said she is playing “catch up” with him, getting him ready for vari- ous performance inspections and having him shown in the jumper circuit, but she is clearly excited about having him in her program. Hilltop Farm in Colora has added fi ve guest stallions
Unico M from Golden Venture Farm
to its already impressive lineup, including De Feiner Star and Don Hill, who both topped classes at the 2011 Dressage at Devon Breed Show. Are you standing a stallion new to Maryland this season? T e Equiery wants to know about him! Email
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record and $1,649,427 in career earnings under the guidance 2011 Kentucky Derby winning trainer Graham Motion. She was trained out of the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton and returned to Sagamore in Glyndon after this year’s Breeders’ Cup. “She is being retired sound. We owe that to her and we will continue to spoil her as she was in Graham’s care,” said Sagamore Farm General Manager Tom Mullikin. He added, “If you look at her career, it’s a good example of how patience and good horsemanship can payoff in the end.”
First Secretary Legacy Continues In December 2003, T e Equiery named First
Secretary, the fi rst colt sired by Secretariat (and out of an Appaloosa mare), as the 2003 Stallion of Distinction. First Secretary’s story is a unique one and he quickly became a popular stallion among both racehorse enthusiasts and Appa- loosa breeders. His legacy continues to touch the lives of many across the country! Here is just one story T e Equiery recently received about a great horse out of the First Secretary line. “T ere is a son of Ms Secretary, who is a daughter of First Secretary, living here in Ware, Missouri. He is currently the only living Gold Medallion winning Appaloosa, of which I think there have only been about 10 total. It’s a very high honor and I just thought I would pass it along. Kim Rumpsa owns him and there has been a Peter Stone model made of him. He is a very good representation of the breed.” - Lisa Guiggrida, Ware, Missouri
Jockey Club Predicts Low 2012 Crop
T e Jockey Club reports that an estimate of 24,700 North American T oroughbreds will be born in 2012. T is is based on the Reports of Mares Bred through August 1, 2011 and is an 8.5% drop from 2011. If accurate, the 2012 es- timate is the lowest in North American T or- oughbred history since 1971. Only 25,558 live foals were reported to the Jockey Club in 2011, which is a 13.5% decrease continued...
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