Next Chapters - Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred

Tahir

Details: From May 2023 Issue; Written by Maggie Kimmitt

After her first trip to Aiken, S.C., in 2008, Christy Heffner put relocating to the area at the top of her bucket list. Eleven years later, she achieved the goal.

Leather Gloves

Details: From May 2023 Issue; Written by Maggie Kimmitt

Natalie Wales was almost giddy, and the smile on her face came through in her voice.

Ron's Partner

Details: From April 2023 Issue; Written by Maggie Kimmitt

Talk about a tough act to follow. Ron’s Partner, a son of Partner’s Hero and the Norquestor mare Vee Vee Star, came into this world April 15, 2004. That was the year his older half-brother, Declan’s Moon, took the West Coast by storm.

Sam Sullivan

Details: From March 2023 Issue; Written by Maggie Kimmitt

"Tom really loved his horses, and he really loved THIS horse.”

Talk Show Man

Details: From February 2023 Issue; Written by Maggie Kimmitt

Take a poll of what Maryland is known for, and you’ll get consistent responses.

Lochte

Details: From January 2023 Issue; Written by Maggie Kimmitt

It’s a long way from the glamour of Saratoga’s select yearling sale and the glitz of the Gulfstream Park winner’s circle to the bucolic Mt. Carmel Hounds hunt field in Baltimore County, Md. Call it the road less traveled. But that’s exactly the path multiple graded stakes winner Lochte took en route to his forever home with veterinarian Dr. Trevor Wells.

Manchurian High

Details: From December 2022 Issue; Written by Maggie Kimmitt

He was a modest Florida-bred and $28,000 RNA at the OBS October Mixed Sale as a weanling in 2008. Ten months later, he sold as a yearling for $1,000, the ticket signed by Rey de Oros – Jose L. Ramirez. The colt’s first start came in the 2010 Saratoga Special-G2. He won back-to-back renewals of Gulfstream Park’s Florida Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes, ran – and won – on the flat and over jumps before retiring at age 11 with more than $500,000 earned.