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onsidering the investment involved—both personal and financial—Thor- and Victoria worked as the principal of a oughbred owners should not take the care of their horses for granted. middle school, while running their Cali- There are many more factors to consider beyond just the normal “day fornia breeding farm. Their first experi- rate” a boarding operation charges. The welfare of each horse should be ence with Kentucky boarding farms was Cof paramount concern with any boarding operation, focusing on such key factors as a client, and it wasn’t always favorable. as safety, veterinary care, and employee competence. What follows are informative “We shipped back and forth to Ken- looks at various associations and farms offering boarding as one of their services tucky and were tired of our mares coming in the Thoroughbred industry. back thin and barren and always hearing that it was the mare’s fault,” said Victoria. Arundel Farm ment besides the sensitivity to owners’ Owning a Kentucky farm had long been Matthew and Victoria Hewitt, the own- costs are the guiding principles at Arundel one of Victoria’s childhood dreams, and ers of Arundel Farm, appreciate the chal- Farm. both Hewitts knew they would offer better lenge of making a small breeding opera- A top priority for the Hewitts is regular customer service. tion successful, having been boarding cli- contact by phone and e-mail with their “A lot of people are concerned about ents themselves. To help their customers, clients regarding the status of their mares going to small, more modest operations they are introducing for the 2012 breeding and young horses. They handle stallion because they think they are getting less,” season a flat-rate boarding schedule. bookings, offer sale prep, and connect said Victoria. “We work with Dr. James “Many people think that what they will clients with reputable consignors if they Slaughter, one of the best reproductive vets be paying is just the day rate, but then want to sell a horse. in the area, and we look at every horse, they find there are innumerable overhead Dr. Donnie Vice, a veterinarian in Jack- every day. We treat every client’s mare like charges they had never been expecting,” son, Miss., is one client who has seen first- it is a million-dollar mare, like she is one of Victoria said. “Our rate eliminates the hand the benefits of boarding with Arun- our own horses.” ‘fear’ of board bills by being all-inclusive. del Farm. We don’t charge more for necessities, like “I have a couple of mares that can be dif- Dutchess Views Farm stalling, when there is bad weather.” ficult to get in foal, and they got them all Because of its location, amenities, and The rate even covers trips to the breed- in foal this year,” said Vice. “I have used outstanding service, Dutchess Views ing shed. several other farms, but I wanted to find Farm, a full-service Thoroughbred facility The quality of Arundel Farm’s personal a place I could work with. I have input in that caters to just about every aspect of the care is reflected in its statistics. Since 2002 how things are handled, and we discuss industry, is ideally suited to board horses. the farm has gotten 96% of its mares in things really well.” Situated on 150 scenic acres near Pine foal. Among the horses foaled on the farm The 130-acre boarding farm near Paris, Planes, N.Y., Dutchess Views is owned by over the past five years (an average of 20 Ky., has been in business since 2002, when Michael Lischin and his wife, Anya Sheck- per year), 12 were nominated to the Triple the Hewitts relocated from Northern Cali- ley. Since the mid-1990s it has catered to Crown series and four became graded fornia. Both had careers outside of the those seeking boarding, breeding, foal- stakes winners. horse industry: Matthew had his own me- ing, sales preparation and representation, Communication and hands-on manage- chanical/electrical engineering company racing partnerships, and industry consul-
D utchess Views Farm is located in Pine BOARDING | STALLIONS | PARTNERSHIPS | SALES Plains, NY in the fertile Hudson Valley. We are conveniently located two hours north of Belmont and Aqueduct and one and one-half hours south of Saratoga.
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"We cater to participants in the New York program, using our extensive contacts at all levels in the industry." Owners: Michael Lischin and Anya Sheckley - Michael Lischin 189 Johnnycake Hollow • P.O. Box 656 Pine Plains, NY 12567 Tel: 518-398-5666 Fax: 518-398-5143 Email: [email protected] www.dutchessviewsfarm.com
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2003 Kentucky Derby/Preakness winner FUNNY CIDE was foaled and raised at McMahon of Saratoga Toroughbreds
“Our newly expanded Meadowview and Eastview Farms encompass over 400 acres and are located just three miles from our main farm on Fitch Road. Since our beginning in 1971 we have amassed thousands of hours of hands on foaling experience.
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tation. In addition, because of Lischin’s enable us to provide a great deal of valu- their development. background in law and Sheckley’s insur- able assistance to people participating in “We really have the ideal set-up here,” ance company, Hammertown Insurance the New York-bred program.” said owner Beverly Least, who has recent- Agency, equine legal services and insur- Dutchess Views is an attractive board- ly turned the day-to-day management and ance services are also part of what they ing option for those in the eastern New operation of the farm over to her son Gary. offer. York area because it sits just two hours “We have large foaling stalls with pad- “We have extensive contacts through- north of Belmont Park and Aqueduct and docks off the stall so every horse can be in 1 out all levels and geographic areas of our is only 1 ⁄2 hours south of Saratoga. Boston the barn when needed. I think it also gives industry based on our more than 30 years is also not far away. new mothers a calm, confident feeling.” experience in the Thoroughbred industry,” A former polo facility, Dutchess Views The farm is also a complete breaking Lischin said. “These services and contacts has an open and airy feel that horses enjoy. and training facility that includes a five- Highlights of the farm are its stallion barn eighths of a mile turf training track, a with six 14x24-foot stalls, a pair of brood- starting gate, and an Equicizer with a sand mare barns totaling more than 80 stalls, and rubber composite base. Foggy Bottom and 25 paddocks that all include automatic Least has been a horse lover her entire heated water systems. The eight foaling life, having started out riding Standard- Farm stalls are complete with security cameras breds and pleasure horses. She and her hus- and are monitored by the managers and a band bought the more than 100-acre farm FBF full-time night watchman. The farm has about 30 years ago to support the family’s foaled up to 90 mares in a year. horse hobbies. Gary and his sister grew up Lischin and Sheckley live on the farm with fox hunting, and he went on to com- and actively breed and race, giving them pete as an amateur steeplechase jockey. a vested interest in the business as well Gary later went to work at Finger Lakes as a pulse on current happenings in the Race Track, which is only 30 miles from industry. They even stand three stallions Foggy Bottom. At the track he met his fu- at Dutchess Views: Andromeda’s Hero, Pa- ture wife, Laurel, and now they work side triot Act, and Roaring Fever. by side running the family farm. “We can help people with their own It has been a challenge for a small fami- mares or find the right trainer if they race, ly-run operation to find its niche, but Gary because we are active in doing that our- said the recent recession has helped the selves,” Lischin said. “We will even take family focus on what it does best. lay-ups. We feel like we can help clients “We’re not a big operation that can with whatever they might need.” throw money at our challenges,” Gary said. “Instead, we throw horsemanship Foggy Bottom Farm and elbow grease at our problems. We are Foggy Bottom Farm, a full-service farm in the business of being able to drop off a nestled in the heart of the Genese Valley in horse at the racetrack or take it to a sale Western New York, prides itself on manag- and have people say, ‘Wow, that is a good- ing clients’ Thoroughbreds at any stage of looking horse.’ ” TERRIFIED...
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BoardingSection.indd 3072 10/31/11 3:43:14 PM BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN BH44-3072.pgs 10.31.2011 15:45 TheBloodHorse Foggy Bottom does stand four stal- met through a mutual friend,” said farm “We’re heavily focused on the Indiana lions—Northern Spur, winner of the 1995 manager Gale Bess, who started working sire program,” said Bess. “We’re breeding Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. IT) and that year’s at Lake Shore in July 2010 and is now a the horses we think will make good 2-year- male turf champion; Skip to the Stone, partner in the breeding and racing outfit. olds, and we want to continue to improve Slice of Reality, and Liberatedbyforce. Bess, who has been involved in the indus- the quality of the horse in Indiana.” The farm also oversees a relatively small try for more than a decade, had a similar Lake Shore’s best horse in training is broodmare band, which it doesn’t want to role at another Indiana Thoroughbred homebred Coming On, a 3-year-old Indi- grow too much in order to maintain the farm prior to his current position. ana-bred son of Presidential Order. Out of highest level of quality care. Lake Shore stood three stallions this one of Lake Shore’s top mares, Jennierees Foggy Bottom is branching out into the year and has acquired two new individu- (by Gold Case), Coming On has been on commercial sales market, having dipped als to stand for 2012. The farm’s 2011 ros- the board in six of his 10 starts and has its toe into the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select ter included Mr. Mabee (by Storm Cat), earned $72,632. yearling sale this year. Both horses the Act of War (by Lord At War), and Lantana When asked about his favorite aspect of Leasts sold were profitable for their clients, Mob (by Posse) (they also stood Chief the industry, Bess said, “I enjoy breeding so Gary is ready to go back. Seattle and Mancini). New to the Lake the mares, foaling out the babies, and then “We have expanded to offer prepping Shore roster for 2012 are Zavata, a graded watching them crossing the finish line. services and are looking for horses spe- stakes-winning son of Phone Trick, and That gives me a real satisfaction.” cifically for this sale,” Gary said. “It falls Spanish Steps, a full brother to Unbri- in line with a lot of what we are already dled’s Song. McMahon of Saratoga doing. We can change a horse dramatical- Lake Shore also boards horses and of- With apologies to Kentucky and Ocala, ly after 30 days so it is dappled and look- fers sales prep services. The farm features Fla., right now New York is the hottest ing proper, whether it is for the races or the a newly renovated foaling barn, a full- center of activity in the Thoroughbred in- sales.” service breeding shed, and a recently built dustry. And no farm is better positioned stallion barn. to take care of the influx of new business Lake Shore Farm “We give quality care to our horses, than McMahon of Saratoga Thorough- Lake Shore Farm, a 60-acre operation offer reasonable prices, and our business breds, which in 2011 is celebrating its 40th near Scottsburg, Ind., has only been up has grown…we’ve had a good year, and year of boarding, breeding, and raising and running for around two years, but we expect our business is going to expand racehorses. the extensive experience of its partnership again in 2012,” said Bess. “We’re looking Located just a few miles from both Sara- owners is already paving a successful road to acquire more land and increase our rac- toga Race Course and the Humphrey S. for the future. ing stable.” Finney sale pavilion, McMahon of Sara- The farm was founded in November One of the farm’s triumphs in 2011 was toga boasts more than 300 acres of pasture 2009 by Indianapolis native Louie Annee the success of Mr. Mabee’s 2-year-olds on and 140 stalls for both year-round resident and his son, Kevin, who had raced horses the track. mares and those visiting for the breeding for several years prior to acquiring the The stallion was represented by his first season. The farm not only emphasizes its property. winner when his son Mabeemore won at boarding facilities, but preps 30-40 year- “They were starting to get some mares Hoosier Park Oct. 6 in his debut. Mr. Ma- lings annually for the Fasig-Tipton Sara- and were looking for someone to take care bee’s second winner, Mabee Stormy, won toga New York-bred preferred sale and the of their farm so I joined in with them—we his second start at Hoosier Park Oct. 11. Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale in Maryland.
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Its hands-on philosophy is evident in the There have been many success stories it sold out of its consignment, as agent, the emphasis McMahon places on hand-walk- that have come off the farm, but none sale-topper, a son of Exchange Rate who ing yearlings and making sure each is bigger than Funny Cide, who was part of was hammered down for $250,000. groomed to show its highest potential. McMahon’s 2000 foal crop. The New York- The farm foals between 85-120 mares A dozen employees help the McMahon bred captured the imagination of the rac- per season, with a family member on hand family, which now has two generations ing world when he won the 2003 Kentucky for virtually each birth. With New York in working the farm. Founders Joe and Anne Derby and Preakness Stakes (both gr. I) the spotlight and more and more mares ar- McMahon are aided by their sons and and came so close to completing the Triple riving in the Empire State, including those daughters as well as in-laws. Their son Crown. Funny Cide won an Eclipse Award that will be sent to Adena Springs stallions John manages the farm and his wife, Kate, as that year’s top 3-year-old male, and was such as Touch Gold, Tiago, Alphabet Soup, is instrumental in the boarding and mare also a grade I winner at 4. and Silent Name, who are all standing at facets. John’s sisters, Tara Letzring and The McMahon outfit has enjoyed suc- McMahons, the Saratoga farm is a logical Jane McMahon, co-manage the office. It is cess with its consignments to the New place for New York boarding needs. truly a family operation. York-bred sale in Saratoga as well. In 2008 Mighty Acres Randy Blair brought more than expe- rience to his job as farm manager at Dr. Warren Center’s Mighty Acres near Pryor, Okla. He brought everyday horse sense of what a farm should offer. “We try to provide good services in a safe, modern facility and work closely with our vets,” said Blair, who has more than 30 ÒThe B & B for ThoroughbredsÓ years of experience as a farm manager. Center hired Blair to run Mighty Acres 1 when he started the farm 8 ⁄2 years ago. “We operate on 250 acres and 40 acres that are leased,” Blair said. “We offer breeding, boarding, sales prep, foaling, and lay-ups.” Equine accommodations play a large part in the farm’s attraction. “The main barn has foaling stalls, a Whispering Oaks Farm breeding area, and a vet room,” Blair said. “There’s also a 52-stall mare barn with Paris, Kentucky oversized stalls for foaling and a 25-stall www.whisperingoaksfarmllc.com barn. Last year we built a 16-stall barn for sales prep. We also have a covered round 859.983.0748 pen and a six-horse Eurocizer.” Blair feels Oklahoma does a good job re- warding breeders and owners. “The Oklahoma-bred program is doing very well—the purses and breeders’ awards Boarding – Breeding – Foaling are getting better and better,” he said. Mighty Acres is 15 miles from Will Rog- Lay-Ups – Sales Prep ers Downs and 150 miles from Remington Park. Mighty Acres doesn’t have a training track, but there is one nearby. Dr. Center It pays to breed and board in Oklahoma is a partner in Harmony Training Center near Inola, Okla., about 25 miles from to be eligible for the Oklahoma Classics and the Mighty Acres. lucrative Breeders Awards and Purses through The six-furlong Harmony training track is 40 feet wide with a 200-yard chute and is the Oklahoma-Bred Program. completely railed. The barns are construct- ed with closeable curtains and retractable Dr. Warren Center, Randy Blair, Manager doors to help control the interior climate 675 W. 470 Rd., Pryor, OK 74361 year round. Stalls are open metal mesh MIGHTY (918) 825-4256, Fax (918) 825-4255 fronts allowing for optimal air circulation. Cell (918) 271-2266, Toll Free (866) 233-4256 Mighty Acres’ equine graduates are led ACRES email: [email protected] by Kip Deville, the 2007 NetJets Breeders’ Division of Center Hills Farm www.mightyacres.com Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner who finished sec- ond to Goldikova in the following year’s Standing: Mile. Kip Deville earned a career total of $3,325,489. Kip Deville’s sire, Kipling, stood at Mighty Acres but now stands at Pope
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stall barn and have responsibility for those Formerly a mining operation, the Cart- Wright owns a handful of additional hors- horses. Besides the high-quality pasture, ersville, Ga.-based Old Mill was purchased es in partnership with a longtime friend, the farm has a custom feed mix made for it by Wright’s great-grandparents and con- trainer Billy Cesare, including an unraced by local supplier Woodford Feed. verted into a Thoroughbred facility. juvenile filly named Londoness, for whom Mares that are boarded at Nuckols Farm Wright, 51, formerly served as a Thor- he has high hopes. One of Wright’s best may well want to visit Kentucky Derby (gr. oughbred trainer in New York and Florida mares, Numerous Ambition, is the dam of I) winner Monarchos, who stands at stud and took over Old Mill in the 1980s. He both Ambitoness and Londoness. at Nuckols. The 2001 Derby winner is pop- now handles the breaking and condition- Wright, who serves on the board of di- ular with mares and people, and at busy ing of the horses boarded at the facility. rectors of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevo- times such as when the Breeders’ Cup is at Old Mill employs a handful of longtime lent and Protective Association and as a nearby Churchill Downs, dozens of people workers, including a regular exercise rider. member of the Georgia Horse Racing Com- ask to visit Monarchos. Its amenities include a five-eighths mile mission, said even though Georgia does Nuckols Farm, today run by Charles track, four-horse hot walker, round pen, cin- not have its own Thoroughbred racetrack, Nuckols III, has a tradition as rich as its derblock stalls, indoor jogging track, quar- legislation is getting closer to allowing rac- soil, and clients can rest assured horses antine facility, and custom feed program. ing in the state. are cared for in the tried-and-true manner Old Mill is historically known as the for- “I think (racing legislation) could ac- of being kept as close to nature as possible mer home site of the late prominent Argen- tually pass this year if everybody under- with the finest of human help. tine trainer Horatio Luro, who was mar- stands how many jobs it will provide,” ried to Wright’s grandmother, Frances. said Wright. “There have been little ob- Old Mill Farm Luro trained the likes of Kentucky Derby stacles throughout, but we’ve worked on Old Mill Farm, a 150-acre facility steeped winners Decidedly and Northern Dancer, it very hard, and I think we’re a lot closer in history, has been nurtured and devel- plus multiple stakes winner and champion than we’ve ever been.” oped for the last three decades by fourth- sire Princequillo. In spite of the struggling economy, generation horseman Billy Wright. Following in Luro’s successful footsteps, Wright remains optimistic about Old Mill Wright trained and owned multiple grade and its rich history. I-winning millionaire El Senor, back-to- “It’s a beautiful farm, and it’s been here Old Mill Farm back victor of the Sword Dancer Handicap longer than most farms in America, and (gr. IT) in 1989-90. He also conditioned I’m very proud of it,” he said. “I enjoy see- Cartersville, GA Bailrullah, winner of the 1987 Diana ing the horses I trained having babies, and Handicap (gr. IIT). then watching them win. It’s cool watch- 5 hour & 30 day quarantine facilites Old Mill currently has three major cli- ing multiple generations you’ve bred be- ents with plans to expand its business in come winners. “ 175 acres — On premises security, the future. One of the best horses bred by board fence paddocks. the farm in recent years is Ambitoness (by Waldorf Farm Action This Day), a multiple winner in As an equine veterinarian, Dr. Jerry P. O. Box 68, Cartersville, GA 30120 2010 and 2011. Bilinski realizes the importance of care • Office: (770) 382-1578 Stable: (770) 382-6472 Another homebred, Hurling, 3-year-old Fax: (770) 387-0455 that enables horses to live long and fruit- gelding by Prime Meridian, races for Old ful lives, and he stresses that adherence Owner: William W. Wright Mill and scored a win at Saratoga in August. to quality in the operation of his Waldorf Put Our History to Work for You
More than 300 stakes winners, including a Kentucky Derby winner and the sire of a Kentucky Derby winner, were bred and raised by the Nuckols family and our clients. Recently acquired adjoining acreage allows us to open up to select boarders, call today for more details. Charles Nuckols III P.O. Box 730, Midway, KY 40347 Standing: (859) 846-4438 E-Mail: [email protected] The fastest living Derby winner - MONARCHOS
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BoardingSection.indd 3076 10/31/11 3:43:19 PM BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN BH44-3076.pgs 10.31.2011 15:45 TheBloodHorse Farm in New York. are mares that have had foaling problems, gently rolling countryside, Whispering “The main thing is to have everything although all horses on the farm receive the Oaks consists of two farms, with Keith and done correctly, and we provide quality, same level of care. his wife, Lisa, living on one and Allen and individual care around the clock,” said Bi- “You have to be prepared 24 hours his wife, Kim, residing on the other. linski, who has operated the Old Chatham a day,” Bilinski said. “Waldorf is profes- “There is somebody around all the farm for more than 20 years. “It’s a neat, sionally run and managed and horses are time,” Keith said. clean, and efficient operation. I like to say treated as individuals,” he said. Facilities at Whispering Oaks include ‘only the best stay at the Waldorf.’ ” With purses at the New York racetracks four barns with a combined total of 77 A full-service Thoroughbred facility sit- and the state’s breeders’ incentive funds stalls. Two of the structures are converted uated on more than 375 picturesque acres being boosted as a result of revenues from tobacco barns, and the other two were re- in North Chatham, Waldorf combines the VLT casino at Aqueduct, Bilinski and cently built. Four-board fences enclose the hands-on care, such as having a night the Waldorf staff headed by managers pastures. watchman on duty to monitor the foaling Buster and Teri Brown are prepared. Allen oversees a racing division that is process, with state-of-the-art advances “New York has always had the best Thor- based at The Thoroughbred Center near such as electronic foal monitors and video oughbred racing program in the nation, Lexington. cameras that tape the foaling of each mare and it is only fitting that we will now have “We have a private barn that is located on the premises. The farm’s boarders in- the best breeding program,” Bilinski said. in the back where it’s quiet,” Keith said. clude broodmares, horses that need reha- “If you want to breed a racehorse, come to One aspect of the horse business the bilitation, and lay-ups taking a break from New York, the ‘green grass’ state.” brothers especially enjoy is offering buy- the rigors of competition. ing and selling advice to clients. The farm previously stood stallions, the Whispering Oaks Farm “We tend to do our buying and selling most prominent of which was Cormorant, Raised in the horse business, Keith and privately,” Keith said. the sire of Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Go Allen Crupper operate Whispering Oaks But if someone wants to offer a Thor- for Gin. Bilinski notes that Cormorant is an Farm near Paris, Ky. Their parents ran oughbred at public auction, the brothers example of how the farm takes care of its a boarding farm, so the brothers learned can recommend a consignor and prepare horses, with the stallion living until age 33. early in life what was important to keep cli- the horse to be sold. Both Cormorant and Belmont Stakes (gr. I) ents and their Thoroughbreds happy. Keith assisted Mark Allen and Dr. Leon- winner Go and Go are buried at Waldorf. “We’re open 24 hours a day so people ard Blach in the acquisition of Canadian Not only does Bilinski reside on the can come see their horses, and to us the champion Mine That Bird, who went on farm, making him available to handle any horse is No. 1,” Keith said. “We try to pro- to win the 2009 Kentucky Derby Pre- situation that might arise, but his equine vide the horses on the farm with the best sented By Yum! Brands (gr. I). Whisper practice is located across the road from nutrition. We give them Western alfalfa Oaks Farm assisted in the private sale of Waldorf, which now consists of three dif- hay, and our high-quality custom feed Tiz Chrome after he broke his maiden by 1 ferent tracts of property. comes from Winchester Feed & Supply 3 ⁄4 lengths at Churchill Downs. The son of “We are veterinary owned and man- near here. We also have a dedicated staff Tiznow captured the 2009 Stuka Stakes at aged,” he said with pride. that has been with us for a while and two Hollywood Park. Because Bilinski and the other four vet- full-time veterinarians that are on call 24 “What we really like to do is to buy year- erinarians at the clinic specialize in repro- hours a day, seven days a week.” lings, get them going as 2-year-olds, and duction, some of the boarders at Waldorf Located on approximately 200 acres of then sell them,” Keith said. b
State-of-the-Art Breeding & Boarding Facility • Centrally located on 400 acres of lush farmland, adjacent to Equine Medical Center. • One hour from Saratoga • Veterinarian-staffed with a combined 80 years of equine reproduction experience. • Individualized care overseen by the Buster & Teri Brown Management Team. • Former home of CORMORANT. Standing City Zip’s best son, BUSTIN STONES.
Dr. Jerry Bilinski, DVM • Waldorf Farm • P.O. Box 959, North Chatham, NY 12132 Farm Office: 518-766-9400 • Fax: 518-766-4601 • Cell: 518-461-8424 • Email: [email protected]
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