The Juddmonte-bred Paw Prints will lean into her turf-tending pedigree with a 2025 visit to Eclipse Champion Up to the Mark.

Black-type placed 2YO Queen Mum will make an excellent addition to the first book of Charge It in 2025.

When we find a match thru our typical methods that also encompasses the Rasmussen Factor, it’s particularly exciting, and that’s exactly the case with Desert Rendezvous and her ’25 mate

These two mares will visit the same stallions again in 2025 as they did in 2024, because we still like the matings that much!

Another dubious “no rating” designation won’t put us off recommending that the BTW Indiana-bred Bluelightspecial visit Bucchero for her maiden trip to the breeding shed in 2025.

The striking Raggedy will visit another AP Indy-line sire in 2025 for her second pairing, her mate this time around being the MGSW Tacitus

Sometimes the obvious answer is the best answer, and BT producer Andiemac to G1W Muth in his first crop makes all the sense.

First crop sire Prince of Monaco is one that we think has a huge shot, and Itgetsgreaterlater brings a highly commercial family to the table in this commercially-minded pairing.

We recommended two mares to Army Mule last year who both make all the sense in the world to send right back his way again in 2025.

Wand Work will try another Distorted Humor-line stallion in 2025 in a mating to mimic that which has produced her black-type brother Hedwig.

After visiting A.P. Indy-line stallions in her first two trips to the breeding shed, we’ll switch things up with Ebb Tide this year, and send her to War Front’s gorgeous and exciting son Annapolis.

Regular readers of this blog have likely wondered why we hadn’t mentioned Blofeld yet this season, but fear not! He’s still the best young stallion in the Mid-Atlantic.

Wild For Love has already produced a BTW by a Tapit son, and will visit a very exciting first-year horse by that leading sire in 2025.

Honest Mischief is off to an excellent start at Sequel NY, and makes a perfect pairing for the hard-knocking Unrequited Love.

Prince of Monaco is among our favorites of the first-year stallions for 2025, and we’re excited to send Wasabi’s first BTW his way.

The stallion that we believe offers the best value in Kentucky for 2025 is a horse that we have recommended previously — but we are even more bullish about Army Mule now than ever before.

Brazen Persuasion was a G3W 2YO and is a proven winner producer, and we’re excited to have acquired her for a new client who will send her to Bucchero.

Murmur Farm’s Blofeld has six runners in this year’s Maryland Million stakes races from his first 93 foals of racing age.

For a young, breed-to-race broodmare, it’s hard to find a better choice than Kentucky veteran Jimmy Creed.

As a half-sister to a champion runner by Scat Daddy, Gun Slingin will be a great fit for that horse’s Grade 1-winning grandson Arabian Lion.

As a nick that produces Rasmussen Factor inbreeding to the legendary Miesque, Karakontie’s success with Lemon Drop Kid mares makes loads of sense.

Although Areuhavingfunyet was purchased earlier this year as a racing prospect, things did not work out as planned and she won’t get a chance to improve on the strong 2nd-place finish that she attained in her second start. Luckily, she is a filly with a nice page and should make a great match in the… [Read More]

The MG1W turf miler Raging Bull is horse that we have a lot of time for, and are looking forward to sending the big, pretty, well-bred mare Mia Rosa his way in ‘24.

Frame of Mind’s family has had success with Street Cry and A.P. Indy, so she makes perfect sense to send to Speaker’s Corner in 2024, as he’s bred on that cross.

Tapiture gets a large number of winners and 2YO winners, and as such he continues to be a strong value option for a mare owner looking to race her offspring.

We loved the match of Wowwhatabrat with Blofeld last year, and see no reason not to take her right back to him again in 2024.

Misty Sky will visit Gun Runner’s first-season son Pappacap in a mating that will produce Rasmussen Factor inbreeding to a pair of full-sisters.

Tacitus is a horse we believe in and have used repeatedly during his early years at stud, and he makes a fascinating mate for Seville’s Princess in 2024.

Given some recent racetrack developments, we’re going to switch up which son of Into Mischief that Modernism will visit in ‘24 — she’s now slated to head to Airdrie Stud for a date with the second-year stallion Highly Motivated.

Floral Hall’s immediate family has had repeated successes with the A.P. Indy sire-line, and as such she’ll make a great match for that horse’s upwardly-mobile son Army Mule in 2024.

It’s always important to be flexible with mating plans, and Saucily is now slated for a different exciting new G1W stallion in 2024 than we’d initially planned – she’ll head to the court of Annapolis.

The recently acquired broodmare prospect Queen Ann comes from a deep and active Claiborne Farm family; for her first mating she gets a shot with the exciting up-and-coming Maryland stallion Blofeld

With a potentially stakes-caliber half-brother back to the races in 2024, and a promising freshman sire from that line one that we’re high on, we’re excited to switch Zarella to Instagrand in 2024.

Lime Squash is a half to a multiple stakes winner by a grandson of Danzig, and will get a visit in 2024 with the exciting first-year stallion Two Phil’s, who is also a Danzig grandson.

I’m Engaged is now up to 5 winners from 5 foals of racing age, and for 2024 she’ll stay local and get an intriguing matchup with our favorite Mid-Atlantic sire, Blofeld.

Blofeld has just one runner so far out of an Afleet Alex mare, but with that foal being a six-figure earner, it makes sense to send Afleet Alex’s black-type placed daughter Cascabella to him in 2024.

Maclean’s Music is poised for a big couple of seasons, and Queen Mum matches up intriguingly with him for some reasons that we believe should trump a subpar nick rating.

After producing pretty foals by a couple of young, unproven stallions, Coffee Pond gets a shot with a thoroughly-proven, veteran turf stallion in 2024

With a successful turf sibling and several close relatives that excelled on the track by Giant’s Causeway, Aquatic Approach made all the sense to send to Up to the Mark in 2024.

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.