Madison County Thoroughbred Farm finishes on top in three categories among leading stud farms in Iowa again in 2009 braska, Fair Winds Farmin Ohio, Cross Creek Farm in Minnesota, Chicaskia River Racingin Kansas, Other states In Michigan, McMaster Farm in Fenton led the standings with $1,152,523, while the other state leaders were Roger’s Ranchin Ne-Leading stud farms by stallion progeny earnings by state (minimum of one start) ILLINOIS Stud farm Fairberry Farm, Waterloo Three Way Horse Farm, Nashville J. Rockin’ River Ranch finished second in Iowa for the second con-secutive season with a bankroll of $707,980. Owned by Merrill and Con-nie Schutz, Madison County Thoroughbred Farm added Pikepass for his first season in 2008 and the Forty Niner stallion finished as the state’s leading sire for the second consecutive season in ’09. Madison County was also the leader by win-ners (75) and average earnings per starter ($12,721). Iowa Iowa’s Madison County Thor-oughbred Farm in Macksburg maintained its stronghold on top honors in the Hawkeye state and was the clear leader with $1,844,540 in progeny earnings. Breakway Farm will stand five stallions in 2010, including Wild Zone and Century City (Ire). In 2009, Crescent stallions accumulated $894,426 in progenyearnings to finish just ahead of Indiana Stallion Station in An-derson, which ended the season at $855,542. Breakway Farm finished second in 2008 behind Crescent Farmin Aurora. Breakway Farm recorded stallion progeny earnings of $1,279,302 in 2009, up from $818,805 in ’08, and was also the state’s leader with 50 winners. Indiana Positivegains were also recorded in Indiana, which saw its top two stud farms from 2008 flip-flop po-sitions in ’09 as Breakway Farm in Dillsboro broke through the seven-figure plateau with its stallions im-proving their progeny earnings by 56.2%. The 460-acre, full-service facility offers boarding, foal-ing, breaking, training, and layups, and features a 37-stall training cen-ter with a half-mile outdoor gal-loping track and a one-furlong indoor galloping track. Fairberry is home to four stal-lions-Straight Line, Friendly Lover, Powerful Goer, and Animo de Valeroso. Owned and operated by respected veterans Harvey and Nancy Vanier, Fairberry Farm was also the state’s leader by winners (48) and was sec-ond by average earnings per starter ($13,755). Stables in Burnt Prairie, second with $909,180 as Jake Bryant Farms in ’08, was third with $950,788 in ’09. Three Way Horse Farm in Nashville, third in 2008 with $659,489, was second in ’09 with $1,055,935, while J. In Illinois, Fairberry Farm in Waterloo once again paced the state’s stud farms by progenyearnings with a total of $1,650,591, a significant increase from the $1,492,513 in progeny earnings that was enough to maintain a clear lead in 2008. (Leading stud farms from Kentucky are purposely omitted from this re-view since they are covered in the “Industry Leaders: Stud farms” fea-ture that begins on page 14). While many of the region’s lead-ing stud farms experienced year-over-year decreases in the progeny earnings of their stallions, the lead-ing operations in Illinois and Indi-ana posted some encouraging results that bucked nationwide trends. LEADING STUD FARMS Bright spots in Illinois, Indiana Fairberry Farm leads increases in Illinois Breakaway Farm surges to the front in Hoosier State BY TOM LAW T HE UPHILL climb the Thor-oughbred breeding industry faced in 2009 is well docu-mented, but positive signs existed during the tough times in at least two states in the heart of the Mid-west region.
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