Well-bred recent acquisition Miss Malibu will get a date with the proven and versatile Blame at Claiborne Farm in 2023

The beautifully-bred Godolphin product Modernism will visit leading young Maryland sire Blofeld for her maiden mating in 2023 on a cross that has been very productive for him already

Honest Mischief has been the most popular stallion in NY since his retirement, and he’ll be a great fit with the young mare Luna in 2023

Maximus Mischief was a brilliant and unbeaten 2YO who still holds the distinction of having earned the fastest speed figures of any juvenile by his sire, the incredible Into Mischief.  Maximus Mischief now stands alongside his sire, and appears poised to be a leading freshman sire in 2023 when his first foals reach the races,… [Read More]

Yesshewill’s foal by Rock Your World born this January is so nice that we’re calling an audible and sending her right back to him again this year

Participate will get an injection of speed in 2023 when she visits Instagrand at Taylor Made, from a sire-line that has worked with her female family and which will hopefully help produce a precocious foal in 2024

Young Godolphin-bred Ghostzapper mare Zarella will be part of the first book for the wickedly fast Speaker’s Corner at Darley in 2023 in a mating that will produce Rasmussen Factor inbreeding to Broodmare of the Year Cara Rafaela

As we approach the opening of the 2023 breeding season, the TDN staff is once again sitting down with leading breeders to find out what stallions they have chosen for their mares, and why. Today, we catch up with George Adams at Housatonic Bloodstock, who serves as the Director of Stallions and Breeding for Wasabi Ventures Stables.

Pretty young mare Mia Rosa heads to the court of the 2YO turf G1 winner Fog of War in NY for 2023

Into Mischief over Sadler’s Wells-line stallions has been a productive cross, and sending Seville’s Princess to exciting first-year sire Highly Motivated will double up on that legendary Euro sire.

Nashi has already produced a stakes winner by a grandson of Gone West, and should be an excellent fit for the promising Maryland stallion Blofeld from that sire-line

Impressive debut winner Centsational, who traces tail female to the Blue Hen Missy Baba, will head to Juddmonte Farm and a visit with first-crop sire Mandaloun for her first mating in 2023.

For the owner of the proven, stakes-producing mare Darting, who is looking to maximize the commercial value of her next foal, the gorgeously-bred first-year sire Greatest Honour at Spendthrift offers great commercial upside at a reasonable price point

Boogie Baby comes from an active female family, and the daughter of Speightstown gets a shot with the eminently proven Hard Spun in 2023 for her first mating.

The well-bred maiden mare Lime Squash will be a member of the first book of mares to visit Darley’s wickedly fast Speaker’s Corner in 2023.

Newly-acquired maiden mare Paw Prints, from a stellar Juddmonte family, will visit the versatile and proven Midshipman for her first mating in 2023.

We continue to be very high on the young Maryland stallion Blofeld, and are excited to have recommended two mares to him for a WV-based breeder

Sending the hard-knocking, black-type placed Wowwhatabrat to Blofeld in 2023 will result in a foal that has 2 crosses of champion & broodmare of the year Misty Morn, and 4 of her dam, the Blue Hen Grey Flight

“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is the perfect shorthand for why we are recommending that Wild For Love visit the proven sire of winners and stakes winners Tapiture in 2023.

The durable, versatile, and well-bred Mad Grace will be among the first book of mares to visit BC Sprint winner Aloha West in 2023

Well-bred young mare Floral Hall will visit Greatest Honour in 2023, he from a sire-line that has worked repeatedly with her immediate family

Black-type 2YO and $220k earner Buff’s In Love gets a shot with another proven stallion for her second pairing when she goes to Paynter in 2023

Promising young broodmare Hurryupandcomeback will be among the first book of mares for G1W Aloha West, a cross that has produced her top class half-bro White Flag

Wasabi’s first stakes winner, Why Not Tonight, will visit the wickedly fast first-year sire Nashville in 2023 for her first mating

Enticed was a top 2YO by top sire-of-sires Medaglia d’Oro, and should be a strong match to stretch out Gosling in 2023

For her first mating, the six-figure earner Nice n’ Broad visits Frosted at Darley, one of the better values in KY off a big fall with his 2YOs

Gun Slingin will visit the upwardly mobile young stallion Liam’s Map for her first mating, a match that will load up on Tartan Farm products top and bottom

After a few trips to visit Street Boss, sire of her G1-winning half-sister, Great Craic goes to another Street Cry-line stallion in 2023 – MG1W Maxfield

American Thriller, a daughter of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, will kick off her breeding career with a visit to the veteran leading sire Candy Ride in 2023

We recommended the purchase of Floral Hall carrying her first foal, which will be a 3/4-sibling to the versatile stakes winner Cave Hill

Zarella is carrying her first foal by the eminently useful Street Boss, on a cross which has been very successful for the stallion

Faze the Nation (by Cal Nation) will visit G1 Dubai World Cup winner Mystic Guide at Jonabell in 2023.

Stakes-placed 2YO Group Text will stay local and visit our favorite MD stallion Blofeld this spring for her second matchup

You Made It’s family has had plenty of success with Elusive Quality’s son Great Notion, and we hope that means she’ll produce a successful foal by EQ’s grandson Blofeld

Sending maiden mare That’sthewaytodoit to Jimmy Creed gives her the benefit of a proven stallion for her first mating, and takes advantage of a strong cross and Rasmussen Factor inbreeding to MG1 producer Willamae

It will be a matchup of quick and early runners and bloodlines when Analyzeyurspending visits Fog of War this spring in NY

Quality Road is getting chances with plenty of Sadler’s Wells-line mares from very savvy breeders, and we expect his son Blofeld to do well with the Kitten’s Joy mare Vibrant Spirit

Well-bred 6x winner Super Twenty Five is yet another we’ve recommended for Blofeld this spring — her sire-line makes her a great fit for him, despite a “no rating” nick

By now you’ve seen our repeated posts — here and on social media — about how well the young Maryland stallion Blofeld has done with his small first crop of runners.  Through the first few months of 2022, he’s had 12 of his first-crop 3YOs race and all 12 of those have won — an… [Read More]

Well-bred but lightly-raced Mia Rosa will visit the exciting first-year sire Modernist in 2022

For her first mating, $109k-earning C’est Mardi will visit the exciting freshman sire Tacitus in a cross that has produced MG1W Tiz the Law

After visiting turf stallions for her first 3 matings, Super Mama will switch it up and go to dirt SW Honest Mischief in 2022

Settle It — full to a pair of black-type Cali sprinters — returns to the NY court of the fantastically well-bred sprinter Honest Mischief again in 2022

Faze the Nation was recently acquired carrying a foal by local Maryland stallion Friesan Fire, which will be inbred 2x4x4 to AP Indy

After visiting a first-year sire for her first mating, Luna’s second match will be with the proven KY value Jimmy Creed