We believed that Aloha West would make an excellent match for Hurryupandcomeback in 2023, and all that logic still applies so she’ll head for a repeat mating at Mill Ridge in ’24.

With a black-type half-brother by Maclean’s Music at the track, and our belief that MM is destined for a big couple of years, Wand Work heads his way for her first mating in 2024.

With a female family that’s already had success with Medaglia d’Oro and his sons, Desert Rendezvous will be a solid match for the gorgeous first-year stallion Dr. Schivel in ’24

With her half-brother by Speightstown looking to be stakes quality, Giving Spirit makes perfect sense to send to Speightstown’s wickedly fast son Nashville in 2024.

Versatility is the byword of the match between Oscar Performance and Mad Grace, who have both had success on multiple surfaces over a range of distances — in addition to pedigrees that blend well.

War Front with Kitten’s Joy has been a successful cross, and Annapolis’s broodmare sire Unbridled’s Song has also worked well with Paw Prints’s female family, making her an ideal mare for his first book

Army Mule is a rapidly ascending son of the MD-based Friesan Fire, and will be a perfect match for No More Excuses, a half-sister to a MD Million Classic winner by that regional stallion.

Midshipman is one of our favorite proven Kentucky value stallions — his stats make him a great choice with which to start off a young mare like the well-bred Giving Spirit.

We believe that Gunite has a chance to be one of the most commercially successful stallions retiring for 2024, and he makes a great fit for the young Justify mare Itgetsgreaterlater.

One of the strongest crosses for Maclean’s Music has been with A.P. Indy-line mares, and he’ll give the young Tapiture SW Why Not Tonight a big shot with a proven mate in 2024.

A great blend of physicals and some inbreeding with strong results highlight our logic behind sending the Hard Spun mare Frame of Mind to Nashville in 2024.

Juddmonte-bred Prosperity, a half to MGSW/millionaire Fulsome (by Into Mischief) will be a member of the first group of mares to visit MG1W and Storm Cat-line stallion Up to the Mark in 2024.

From a family that has clicked repeatedly with A.P. Indy, Raggedy’s first mating will be to that scion’s brilliant and upwardly-mobile grandson Army Mule in ’24.

Maclean’s Music is poised to break out commercially in the next couple of years, and should be a perfect complement to the Michael Tabor-bred American Thriller.

In case you’re considering breeding to Blofeld in ’24, we’ve prepared this Breeding Analysis highlighting the types of mares he’s worked with thus far to achieve his excellent stats (1.44 AEI vs. 1.13 CI, 18.5% BTH/runners, $78,606 avg earnings/starter, etc)

We believe that Instagrand has every chance to be among the leading freshmen sires in ’24, and in Modernism he gets a mate that doubles up on his precocity while taking advantage of an active nick.

We recently acquired the young mare One That Got Away with the express intent of breeding her back to Blofeld, who we think is an absolutely perfect fit for her.

We bought One That Got Away with the specific intent of breeding her to Blofeld, but first we’ll get to see her first foal from the first crop of the tough and durable turf sprinter/miler True Valour.

Blofeld continues to put up excellent statistics in Maryland, and he makes an ideal first match for Star of Shanghai, from Larry Johnson’s foundation Ran’s Chick family.

Authentic looks as close to a “sure thing” as stallions get, and he’ll be a great fit for the young Speightstown mare Boogie Baby in 2024 on a highly proven cross.

After several matings similar to that which produced Wild For Love’s stakes-winning son Local Motive (by a son of Tapit), in ’24 she returns to another sire-line with which she’s also succeeded.

Maclean’s Music is poised for a career year in 2024, and he gives the well-bred young mare Floral Hall a big commercial shot early in her breeding career.

Rasmussen Factor inbreeding is not a particularly prevalent pattern these days, so when we can achieve it in a mating that has additional factors pointing to the match, it’s something we love to try.

A full- or half-sibling to six black-type winners and/or producers, Godolphin-bred Desert Rendezvous was acquired in foal to one of our favorite KY value sires in Darley’s Midshipman

From a typically deep and classy Juddmonte family, Prosperity was acquired carrying a foal from the first crop of G1W Olympiad.

A multi-surface winner during her own career & 1/2 to a G2W by a grandson of Giant’s Causeway, Calling All Angels makes perfect sense to send to Up to the Mark in 2024 during his first season at stud.

As a half-sister to the G1 Preakness winner Exaggerator, Sweet Saturday was a slam-dunk choice for a son of Curlin, and Vino Rosso looks like excellent value for 2024.

Successful racemare Unrequited Love – half to a multiple SW by a son of Tapit – goes to the proven Tapiture in 2024

The match of Seville’s Princess to the leading young Maryland sire Blofeld demonstrates the short-coming of nick ratings and why it is important only to use such a tool as one factor in planning one’s matings.

From an outrageously commercial female family, Itgetsgreaterlater is also carrying a foal bred on an exceptionally successful cross.

Yesshewill — a sister to 4 BTWs and 2 additional black-type producers — will visit the horse that we believe to be the most promising freshman sire among the 2023 leaders: Vino Rosso.

Faze the Nation’s first foal is a black-type runner by a grandson of Danzig & she’ll visit another Danzig-line horse in 2024 when she is part of the first book of mares covered by Two Phil’s.

Super Twenty Five, from a super Stuart Janney female family, gets a shot in Kentucky with the exquisitely-bred and very talented young stallion Greatest Honour in 2024.

Local black-type 2YO Buff’s In Love visits Maryland’s best young sire Blofeld – he has accounted for 3 of the last 4 juvenile winners at the Maryland Million.

A young mare to a proven stallion is always preferable to help get her off to the best possible start at stud – that’s just what C’est Mardi gets when she visits Dialed In this breeding season.

Breeding racehorses is a very long process, with mating plans being made yearsprior to a horse reaching the racetrack, or even before they head to a yearling sales ring. In the case of four yearlings scheduled to sell this coming week at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Yearling Sale at Timonium, our mating recommendations which produced them… [Read More]

It’s never too early to book a mare to a popular stallion, and they don’t come more popular than Horse of the Year Authentic on the heels of an incredible start to yearling sale season.

Black-type 2YO Group Text gets a return trip to Blofeld after delivering a strapping colt by the exciting young Maryland sire in 2023.

Unfortunately news came this morning that First Mission has been scratched from the Preakness with a left hind issue. We had previously completed this write-up so will share it anyway as the pedigree notes are still interesting. As far as a Preakness pick goes now, National Treasure looks to be the biggest beneficiary of the pace scenario and we like him to hold off Mage to win tomorrow.

Check out our thoughts on the stallions with first 2YOs in 2023, and their chances to lead the Freshman Sires list