$100,000 DAHLIA S, Laurel Park, 4/23, m, 5, Bandbox—English Muffin, by English Channel. O-N R S Stable, James Chambers and Timothy L. Keefe, B-Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGinnes.
Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training sale, which saw records fall across the board, featured a strong group of Maryland-breds, with four selling for six figures over the two-day sale held Monday and Tuesday, May 23 and 24, in Timonium. A $450,000 bay filly by Nyquist, purchased by Oracle Bloodstock, agent, was the highest-selling Maryland-bred of the sale.
Read more ...West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner’s Jaxon Traveler came out swinging in his return to Pimlico on Preakness Day, securing his first graded stakes victory in the $150,000 Maryland Sprint Stakes-G3 on Saturday, May 21.
Read more ...Joanne Shankle’s Can the Queen notched one for the home team on Black-Eyed Susan Day with a front-running score in the five-furlong The Very One Stakes, for fillies and mares, 3 & up, on Friday, May 20 at Pimlico.
Read more ...The Elkstone Group’s homebred Joe made every stride count in the $100,000 James W. Murphy for 3-year-olds, as he slugged it out with favorite Ready to Purrform down the stretch and won by a neck on Preakness Day at Pimlico, Saturday, May 21.
Read more ...Bonita Farm stallion Alliance got his first stakes winner in his first crop when his 3-year-old son Math Man Marco won the $75,000 Coin Collector Stakes for West Virginia-breds gate-to-wire on Saturday, May 14 at Charles Town.
Read more ...Madaket Stables LLC, Wonder Stables, Tony Weintraub and Brandon M. Dalinka’s Miss J McKay picked up her first win of the season at Belmont Park with an impressive stretch run in the $100,000 License Fee Stakes, for fillies and mares, 4 & up, on Sunday, May 1.
Read more ...After a series of solid performances in the maiden and allowance ranks, Holwood Stable’s Road to Oz became a stakes winner on Saturday, April 23, taking the 119th running of the $30,000 Grand National, the second leg of the Maryland Timber Triple in Butler.
Read more ...Ocala Breeders’ record-breaking Spring sale, held April 19-22 in Ocala, Fla., saw eight Maryland-breds go through the ring with six selling, including three for six-figures.
Read more ...The Elkstone Group LLC (Stuart Grant)’s homebred Joe fought off stablemate and fellow Maryland-bred Mr Jefferson to win the $125,000 Federico Tesio, for 3-year-olds, by a head at Laurel Park on Saturday, April 16. The victory earned the Declaration of War colt a spot in this year’s running of the Preakness-G1 on Saturday, May 21 at Pimlico.
Read more ...Deborah S. Greene and Hamilton Smith’s homebred Luna Belle has gone above and beyond in just 11 career starts, with plans to go much further after her $125,000 Weber City Miss Stakes victory, at Laurel Park on Saturday, April 16, earned her an automatic berth to the Black-Eyed Susan-G2 at Pimlico on Friday, May 20.
Read more ...Deborah Greene and Hamilton Smith’s homebred Luna Belle continues to dazzle as she picked up her fourth stakes win in four months, winning the $100,000 Beyond The Wire, for 3-year-old fillies, by three and a half lengths over Candy Light at Laurel Park on Saturday, March 19.
Read more ...C J I Phoenix Group and No Guts No Glory Farm’s Fille d’Esprit delivered a standout performance in the $75,000 Conniver Stakes, for Maryland-bred/sired fillies and mares, 4 & up, as she swept home to win by eight lengths on Saturday, March 19 at Laurel Park.
Read more ...Brittany Russell trainee Whereshetoldmetogo laid it all out on the track in his 7-year-old debut, fighting off Jaxon Traveler to win the $75,000 Not For Love Stakes, for Maryland-bred/sired, 4 & up, by three-quarters of a length at Laurel Park on Saturday, March 19.
Read more ...Ocala Breeders’ March Two-Year-Olds in Training sale, held March 15-16 in Ocala, Fla., saw six Maryland-breds go through the ring with five selling, including two for six-figures.
Read more ...LEXINGTON, KY (March 14, 2022) – Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, KY, announced today they will pay tribute to 2021 Horse of the Year Knicks Go with a special ‘Knicks Go Week’ presented by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association.
Read more ...The Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) is proud to announce the formation of an aftercare account that will direct aftercare fund requests to support Maryland-bred racehorses as they are retired and transitioned to new careers. The aftercare account, called BackStop, serves the purpose of aiding or supporting an immediate need in the transition of Maryland-bred horses once their racing careers are over.
Read more ...Reisterstown, Md.—The fifth annual Renaissance Awards, a collaborative effort between the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and Maryland Jockey Club, which recognizes excellence in Thoroughbred racing and breeding in Maryland in the past year, went virtual again this year. Throughout the week of Feb. 28, awards were presented through the MHBA’s social media accounts to the top Maryland owner, trainer, jockey, breeder, broodmare and stallion, Backstretch Workers of the Year, one for Pimlico Race Course and one for Laurel Park, as well as the champion Maryland-breds of 2021.
Read more ...Champions and industry award winners were announced Monday, Feb. 28 through Saturday, March 5, each evening at 7 p.m., via Facebook Premiere on the Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s Facebook page: Maryland Thoroughbred.
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Read more ...Hillwood Stable’s hard-knocking stable star Cordmaker pushed his stakes win streak to four as a strong run down the stretch propelled him to his first graded stakes victory in the $250,000 General George-G3, for 4-year-olds and up, three-quarters of a length ahead of War Tocsin at Laurel Park on Saturday, Feb. 19.
Read more ...Bird Mobberley LLC and Grady Griffin’s Galerio, known for his perseverance on the track, especially in stakes company, finally secured his first stakes win with a thrilling run in the 68th running of the $100,000 John B. Campbell, for 4-year-olds and up on Saturday, Feb. 19 at Laurel Park.
Read more ...Three Diamonds Farm’s Kiss the Girl gave it her all in the $100,000 Nellie Morse Stakes, for fillies and mares, 4 & up, to beat out Artful Splatter down the stretch at Laurel Park on Saturday, Feb. 19.
Read more ...Bird Mobberley LLC’s Local Motive, a two-time stakes winner last year, returned to the winner’s circle following a two-length score in the $100,000 Miracle Wood (for 3-year-olds) at Laurel Park on Saturday, Feb. 19.
Read more ...Deborah Greene and Hamilton Smith’s Luna Belle proved she was a force to be reckoned with as a 2-year-old last year and has only continued to do so with her second stakes victory at 3 when taking the $100,000 Wide Country by three lengths on Saturday, Feb. 19 at Laurel Park.
Read more ...Baltimore, Md.—The fifth annual Renaissance Awards, a cooperative effort between the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and Maryland Jockey Club, will be celebrated virtually this year as the top Maryland owner, trainer and jockey, Maryland stallion, broodmare and breeder, as well as the champion Maryland-breds of 2021 will be presented online next week. Special awards will be presented to Pimlico and Laurel Backstretch Employees of the Year.
Read more ...Maryland-bred Knicks Go, a three-time Grade 1 winner as a 5-year-old in 2021, was voted the 2021 Horse of the Year and Champion Older Dirt Male Thursday, Feb. 10, at the 51st Eclipse Awards ceremony at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.
Read more ...Deborah Greene and Hamilton Smith’s Luna Belle certainly started her sophomore season off on the right foot as she went into the $100,000 Xtra Heat Stakes for 3-year-old fillies as the favorite and delivered by six lengths on Saturday, Jan. 29 at Laurel Park.
Read more ...Hillwood Stable’s Cordmaker started the new year just as he ended 2021 when getting his third stakes win in a row by taking the $75,000 Jennings Stakes, for Maryland-bred/Maryland-sired, 4 & up, at Laurel Park on Saturday, Jan. 29.
Read more ...Three Diamonds Farm’s Kiss the Girl returned to her stakes-winning ways in the $75,000 Geisha Stakes, for Maryland-bred/Maryland-sired fillies and mares, 4 & up, as she kicked away from Artful Splatter down the stretch to hit the wire four and a half lengths in front at Laurel Park on Saturday, Jan. 29.
Read more ...Multiple Grade 1 winner Knicks Go and 2021 Breeders’ Cup Sprint-G1 winner Aloha West have been named 2021 Eclipse Award finalists, with Knicks Go up for the Older Male division and Aloha West nominated for the Male Sprinter division.
Read more ...Bonita Farm stallion Alliance got his first winner in his first crop when his 3-year-old son Math Man Marco won gate-to-wire in his debut on Saturday, Jan. 15 at Charles Town.
Read more ...Hello Beautiful, a multiple stakes-winning 5-year-old daughter of Golden Lad, topped the Maryland-bred offerings at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages sale, held Jan. 11-14 in Lexington, Ky.
Read more ...The Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) Board of Directors recently voted unanimously to begin an award program for Breeder, Owner and Stallion bonuses for registered Maryland-breds at sanctioned steeplechase race meets in Maryland. The MHBA will pay these bonus awards for those participants that qualify.
Read more ...Hillwood Stable’s Cordmaker made the final start of his 6-year-old season count as he stormed his way down the center of the track to win the inaugural running of the $100,000 Robert T. Manfuso Stakes, for 3-year-olds and up, by three and a half lengths over Workin On a Dream at Laurel Park on Saturday, Dec. 26.
Read more ...Miss J McKay proved she was a force to be reckoned with as she avoided trouble at the top of the stretch and swept to command in the $100,000 Abundantia Stakes, for fillies and mares, 3 & up, to win by one and a half lengths over Drapes at Gulfstream Park on Friday, Dec. 31.
Read more ...Deborah Greene and Hamilton Smith’s Luna Belle has only gotten better, which she proved with a tremendous run to win the $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Fillies Championship, for Maryland-bred/Maryland-sired 2-year-old fillies, at Laurel Park on Saturday, Dec. 18.
Read more ...The Elkstone Group’s homebred Joe may have an average name, but proved his above average talent with a standout performance in the $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Championship, for Maryland-bred/Maryland-sired 2-year-olds, as he won by one and a half lengths over Alottahope on Saturday, Dec. 18 at Laurel Park.
Read more ...The Maryland Horse Foundation will host an online stallion season auction January 3-7, 2022, featuring no-guarantee seasons for 20 Maryland-based stallions.
Read more ...What a year it has been for the Maryland Horse Foundation! The MHF's Maryland Horse Library & Education Center Capital Campaign was launched in April 2021 and renovations will begin this month. The plan is for the MHL&EC to be open for business by Preakness.
Read more ...Maryland is proud to welcome three new stallions for the 2022 breeding season: ENGAGE and GALAWI (IRE), both standing at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., and FORTUNE TICKET, who still stand at Anchor & Hope Farm in Port Deposit, Md. Read more about them at MarylandMillion.com.
Read more ...As the New Year approaches, the Maryland Horse Breeders Association announced today that the Maryland Bred Fund will implement additional incentives that have been approved by the Maryland Racing Commission.
Read more ...Three Diamonds Farm’s Field Pass took his tenacity and talent cross-country as he ventured from Belmont Park to Del Mar for the $250,000 Seabiscuit Handicap-G2, winning by a head over odds-on choice Sacred Life (Fr) on Saturday, Nov. 27.
Read more ...Hillwood Stables LLC’s Cordmaker made his presence known in the $100,000 Richard W. Small Stakes, for 3-year-olds and up, as he powered down the stretch to win by one and three-quarter lengths at Laurel Park on Saturday, Nov. 27.
Read more ...Brittany Russell trainee Whereshetoldmetogo has traveled all over, but there’s no place like home when it comes to his success as he picked up his sixth stakes win at Laurel Park in the $75,000 Howard and Sondra Bender Memorial Stakes, for Maryland-bred/Maryland-sired (3 & up), on Friday, Nov. 26.
Read more ...Making her stakes debut, Eric A. Rizer’s Princess Kokachin shot to the front and never looked back in the $75,000 Politely, for Maryland-bred/Maryland-sired fillies and mares (3 & up), at Laurel Park on Friday, Nov. 26.
Read more ...Stakes winner Gale, bred by R.S. Evans, was the highest-priced Maryland-bred to sell at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale, held Nov. 10 through Nov. 19, in Lexington, Ky. A group of 25 Maryland-breds sold, with nine bringing six figures.
Read more ...Bird Mobberley’s Local Motive redeemed himself in the $100,000 James F. Lewis III Stakes for juveniles as he rolled down the stretch to record his second stakes win on Saturday, Nov. 13 at Laurel Park.
Read more ...Coming off of a historic weekend for Maryland-breds at the 2021 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar, the streak of success continued as graded stakes winner Project Whiskey led the group of four Maryland-breds sold for six-figures at the elite Fasig-Tipton November Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 9 in Lexington, Ky.
Read more ...Korea Racing Authority’s Knicks Go faced his toughest challenge to date heading into the $6,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1, as he prepared to stretch out for the first time at the mile and a quarter distance while taking on seven of the country’s best distance horses. But the mounting pressure of the test ahead never seemed to phase the Brad Cox trainee as the speedy gray led gate-to-wire to clinch victory by two and three-quarter lengths over Kentucky Derby-G1 winner Medina Spirit on Saturday, Nov. 6 at Del Mar. In doing so, he became the third Maryland-bred in history to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic, joining back-to-back winners Concern and Cigar in 1994 and 1995.
Read more ...Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ late-running Aloha West delivered an epic performance in getting his first stakes win in the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Sprint-G1 at Del Mar on Saturday, Nov. 6. The 4-year-old son of Hard Spun surged down the stretch and caught Dr. Schivel at the wire to prevail by the slimmest of noses on the world’s biggest stage.
Read more ...Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Aloha West and Korea Racing Authority’s Knicks Go, the only two Maryland-bred contenders at this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships, held at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, Calif., made history Saturday, Nov. 6, as they each won their races to mark the first time two Maryland-breds won on the same Breeders’ Cup card.
Read more ...$100,000 DAHLIA S, Laurel Park, 4/23, m, 5, Bandbox—English Muffin, by English Channel. O-N R S Stable, James Chambers and Timothy L. Keefe, B-Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGinnes.