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01-01-2009Great Notion gets a boost from Gonna Dash
One year ago, there was a tight battle between two first-year Maryland stallions, hailing from the same barn, for the title of leading freshman sire. It's deja vu all over again. (more)
12-29-2008Queen of Song gets perfect ride in stakes win
Trainer Mark Shuman's "Plan A" for Queen of Song since her debut in September was to start her in the Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship, with the hope that the beautifully bred daughter of Unbridled's Song would add black type to her record. Those plans succeeded, and then some. (more)
12-04-2008Houghton cuts back at Buckingham
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's December mixed sale has been trimmed by about a third from previous years, with fewer than 400 broodmares, weanlings, yearlings, and horses of racing age cataloged for the one-day sale, to be held Dec. 8 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. (more)
11-24-2008Sweet Goodbye fills gap for Harris, Grove
As the dam of three multiple stakes winners who together had earned more than $1 million, Thirty Eight Steps was deeply mourned when she died three years ago at the age of 18. (more)
11-07-2008Lycurgus is Wade's latest
Breeding racehorses may not be an exact science, but David Wade makes it look that way. (more)
10-20-2008Yarrow Brae adds to his Million Day total
Maryland Million Day, which this year had its 23rd renewal on Oct. 4 at Laurel Park, celebrates the Maryland breeding industry, starting with the stallions. (more)
10-13-2008Jersey-bred Cuba from Maryland-based sire
The Pons family of Country Life Farm waited 23 years to breed a winner of the Maryland Million Classic. But when Cuba drew off to a commanding four-length victory in the $300,000 Classic before a crowd of 21,948 on the 23rd annual Maryland Million Day last Saturday at Laurel Park, few people were aware that it had finally happened. (more)