The heart and soul of the Thoroughbred in the region Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Vol. 24, Issue 1 january 2016 ® Shiny Spot New Jersey’s Bright View Farm still producing quality horses Analyzing the region’s stallion lineup • Kaz Hill Farm enjoys banner November • Steeplechase Finale C1_0116cover.indd 1 12/17/15 1:59 PM SUPER NINETY NINE Super Fast Son of Tapit’s Sire Pulpit A Bob Baffert Speed Horse Pulpit– Exogenetic, by Unbridled’s Song Grade 3 winner, Grade 1-placed, earner of $378,260. His yearling half-brother is by War Front. His 2-year-old half-sister by Union Rags sold as yearling for $430,000 at Keeneland September. His owners are Spendthrift Farm and Country Life Farm. His lifetime breeding rights are owned by signers of “Share the Upside” contracts, terms of $5,000 for two breeding seasons’ live foals. Stud Fee: $4,000. Super Ninety Nine: the next super-sire to come from Country Life Farm, where Malibu Moon started, and where Friesan Fire (by A.P. Indy) is emerging as the region’s top young sire. Country Life farm StaLLionS Cal Nation by Distorted Humor ($2,500 LFSN) • Freedom Child by Malibu Moon ($3,000 LFSN) Friesan Fire by A.P. Indy ($4,000 LFSN) • Malibu Moon by A.P. Indy ($95,000 in Kentucky) C L & m f ountry ife erryLand armS Country Life Farm, P.O. Box 107, Bel Air, Maryland 21014 www.CountryLifeFarm.com Merryland Farm, 12901 Bottom Road, Hydes, Maryland 21082 [email protected] Josh or Michael Pons (410) 879-1952 • Fax (410) 879-6207 • Christy Holden, Gen. Mgr (410) 808-1325 C2,Merryland0116.indd 1 12/18/15 1:16 PM Discover your G1 Winners at Timonium! Midlantic 2YO Grad Multiple G1 Winner DORTMUND Midlantic Fall Grad Santa Anita Oaks G1 Winner STELLAR WIND Midlantic Winter Mixed January 31 Midlantic 2YO Grad Florida Derby G1 Winner Midlantic 2YOs in Training MATERIALITY May 23-24 Entries Close: February 12 Midlantic Fall Yearlings October 4 Entries Close: July 8 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 410.392.5555 fasigtipton.com Page 60 marks Tod In this issue DEPARTMENTS Post Time 6 Mid-Atlantic Report 8 For the horses and the birds Pensioner on Parade The Connelly family’s Bright View Farm in new Jersey creates a niche to serve Thoroughbred by Maggie Kimmitt 16 interests, while also maintaining one of the Mid-Atlantic’s finest natural habitats for birds Editorial by Joe Clancy 18 and bird-watchers. By Linda Dougherty. Page 20 Around the Ovals by staff and correspondents 38 Newcomers, successful veterans lead stallion market Stallion News 72 Turnover happens every year in the stallion market, but 2016 was especially busy and some Stallion Rankings 74 of the region’s leaders discuss the direction of the business in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Stakes Winners 77 beyond. By Joe Clancy. Page 28 Maryland newsletter 81 Favorite Tale story leads to Penn National New Jersey newsletter 87 North Carolina newsletter 91 After an odyssey of sorts, Parx racing-based Favorite Tale returns to the region and wins Pennsylvania newsletter 93 the Fabulous Strike on a big day at Penn national. By Tom Law. Page 34 South Carolina newsletter 97 Calling the shots on way to winner’s circle Virginia newsletter 99 West Virginia newsletter 101 Owner, breeder and sometimes trainer, Peter Kazamias enjoys banner Thanksgiving NSA newsletter 103 Weekend with homebreds in Pennsylvania, new york. By Teresa Genaro. Page 58 Obituaries 105 Jumping to conclusions Looking Back 106 Calendar 108 The 2015 steeplechase season comes to a close with another History Page 109 powerhouse win by Dawalan in the Grade 1 Colonial Cup and Classifieds & Advertisers’ historic championships for owner Irv naylor, trainer Jack Fisher and Index 110 jockey Paddy young. Page 60 Acrostic 111 Cover: “Race ya to the gate.” Bright View Farm residents compete for running room, and attention, Past Time 112 on the historic New Jersey nursery. Photo by Bill Denver/Equi-Photo, Inc. 2 Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred JAnuAry 2016 p2, contents0116.indd 1 12/18/15 12:08 PM Owned and managed by William J. Solomon, V.M.D. P.O. 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Copyright 2016 Maryland Horse Breeders Association Inc. 4 Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred JAnuAry 2016 p4, masthead116.indd 1 12/17/15 12:54 PM Maryland Million Stallion Nominations Deadline January 31, 2016 MARYLAND MILLION NOMINATIONS – STALLIONS FOR 2016 Nominator Record Stallion Ownership Record MMStallionNomDeadline.indd 1 12/17/15 1:03 PM POST TIME The LasT GaLLop. Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year American Pharoah enjoys his morning work at Keeneland before the Breeders’ Cup. Lydia a. Williams photo p6-7, PostTime0116.indd 1 12/17/15 9:37 AM p6-7, PostTime0116.indd 2 12/17/15 9:37 AM Mid-AtlAntic RepoRt Say it again “Horse breeders are monumentally optimistic people.” Bloodstock consultant Frank Mitchell, on the uncertainties of the game “You talk about taking a risk. I know people who are afraid to buy 2-year-olds.” Country Life Farm’s Mike Pons, on investing in stallions “They used to tell me Maryland was the land of the 101-cent dollar.” Heritage Stallions’ Louis Merryman, on the Free State’s frugal reputation in Kentucky “We should have been digital 50 years ago.” Photographer Douglas Lees, looking for a slide from the 1970s “If you don’t like Ireland, you’re probably dead.” Owner Laddie Merck, on shopping for horses in Ireland “I have a month to talk about Almarmooq.” Trainer Kathy Neilson, asked if she had a minute to talk about her Pennsylvania Hunt Cup winner “We picked our spots wisely.” Trainer Leslie Young, whose steeplechase string won 10 of 30 starts in 2015 “He’s like my pony. I got a palomino pony and all he wants to do is lick your hand and eat apples.” Racing fan Larry Quill, on watching American Pharoah interact with people “I was the one who wouldn’t say those two words in the same sentence.” Racing fan Chetty Ferry, about Triple and Crown “All he wants to do is win grade ones, you can’t win them all but we won two of them.” Trainer Cyril Murphy, after winning his second Grade 1 stakes for leading steeplechase owner Irv Naylor “I’ve always liked Rawnaq, he gives 100 percent, when you see Dawalan toying with the likes of him, it makes you wonder how much better could he be.” Murphy, about Dawalan and Rawnaq, 1-2 in the Colonial Cup “He’s only 5, I was going to retire…but now I’ll have to ride another five years.” Jump jockey Ross Geraghty, about Dawalan, winner of the Grand National and Colonial Cup “The one I want back is Mr. Hot Stuff, I let him dawdle a bit, I gave the other horse a chance, instead of killing him off. Jack Doyle got up my inside, I should have made him come around me.” Five-time champion Paddy Young on losing a photo to Demonstrative in the Iroquois “You know me, I like to take my time but Blair kept saying, ‘He’ll be fine.’ ” Trainer Todd Wyatt, who listened to his wife, after Boogie Feeva won the 3-year-old race at Camden “I don’t give him instructions. Why would I do that?” Trainer Jack Fisher, on what he told Paddy Young before guiding Ivy Mills to a win at Camden “I’ll quickly tell them about the timber racing and what a good buzz I got out of that. I’ll tell them how the stewards don’t terrorize you like they do in Australia. I’ll tell them there’s no betting and they still get a good crowd at the races.” Australian jump jock Steve Pateman, after riding races in America 8 Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred JAnuARY 2016 p8-14, MidAtlanticReport0116.indd 1 12/18/15 11:47 AM