Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional: Hope and History
“I think we have just fantastic soil around here,” Louis Merryman said as a chilly wind whipped off the Susquehanna River near the town of Port Deposit, Maryland.
Keyword: Country Life Farm
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What's Going On Here: Rock On
'Letters from Rockland Farm' adds perspective to BloodHorse.
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Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional: Big East
While the new stallions that have made their way to Kentucky for the 2018 breeding season might get the most ink, those entering stud in Maryland and New York this year deserve a closer look.
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Divining Rod to Stand at Country Life Farm in Maryland
Divining Rod, a 5-year-old graded-stakes-winning son of Tapit, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md. He will stand for $5,000, live foal guarantee.
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Northeast Regional: Old Friends at Cabin Creek
The tranquility on a resplendent autumn morning belies the efforts of the small staff of Old Friends at Cabin Creek, and of the dedicated legion of volunteers.
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What's Going On Here: The Homecoming
Walter May has developed a one-man show around Joe Palmer's This Was Racing. He took his show Oct. 13 to the Pons family’s Country Life Farm.
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Malibu Moon Hits Black-Type Century Mark
Spendthrift Farm's Malibu Moon reached an important milestone June 17 when his 3-year-old daughter Shimmering Aspen became his 100th black-type stakes winner worldwide.
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Freedom Child Gets First Winner in Limited View
Freshman sire Freedom Child was represented by his first winner June 17, when Maryland-bred Limited View soared clear of her competition in a five-furlong maiden special weight at Laurel Park.
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What's Going On Here: Sure Things
Pimlico's future, improving Maryland program the topics of Preakness week
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Country Life Farm Matriarch Mary Jo Pons Dies at 87
Mary Jo Pons, matriarch of Maryland's Country Life Farm and a driving force behind the Radio Reading Network of Maryland, died of natural causes on Monday evening, Jan. 1 at Bright View Assisted Living in Bel Air, Md. She was 87.
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Country Life Offers Breeding Partnerships
Racing partnerships by most estimates today make up more than half of the ownership entities racing Thoroughbreds. The Pons family of Country Life Farm in Maryland has now taken the partnership concept into the breeding arena.
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War Front's Mosler to Country Life Farm
Multiple stakes winner Mosler will stand at Country Life Farm in 2017 for $4,000.
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Mosler Wins Laurel Dash, to Stand in Maryland
Will retire to Country Life Farm Nov. 30.
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Colt First Winner for MD Sire Friesan Fire
Morning Fire won the second race at Parx Racing July 12 and became the first winner for multiple graded stakes winner and Maryland-based stallion Friesan Fire.
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McCarron Named New Trainer at Merryland Farm
Two-time champion steeplechase jockey Matt McCarron has been named the new trainer at the Pons family's Merryland Farm in Hydes, Md.
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First Reported Foals for Freedom Child
Maryland stallion Freedom Child was represented by his first two reported foals Feb. 6-7 at Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md.
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Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: Bay State Comes Back
Maryland-Bred Fund sparks resurgence.
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Malibu Moon's Stud Fee Unchanged in 2015
B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm near Lexington announced that Malibu Moon, currently 14th on the North American General Sire list, will stand for $95,000 live foal in 2015, the same fee he commanded this year.
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Cigar: The Early Days
When he eventually was sent to Allen Paulson's Brookside Farm as a baby, the son of Palace Music acquired a reputation for being feisty and mischievous.
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Racing Hall of Famer Cigar Dead at 24
Racing Hall of Fame member Cigar, whose 16-race win streak from 1994-96 included victories in the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) and Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), died at age 24 Oct. 7 at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital.
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Super Ninety Nine to Country Life for 2015
Graded stakes winner Super Ninety Nine has been retired from racing and will stand in 2015 at Josh and Mike Pons' Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md., as the property of Spendthrift Farm and Country Life.
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Stonestreet Buys Ask the Moon for $1.8M
Stonestreet Farm tweeted that they were "over the moon," after landing grade I winner Ask the Moon for $1.8 million at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Nov. 6 in Lexington.
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Cal Nation to Stand at Merryland Farm
Kentucky's WinStar Farm and Maryland's Country Life Farm (owned by Josh and Mike Pons) have reached a co-ownership agreement to stand WinStar's homebred colt Cal Nation at the Pons' Merryland Farm near Hydes, Md., in 2013.
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Friesan Fire to Merryland in Maryland
Friesan Fire, winner of the 2009 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) and the favorite in that year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), has been retired from racing and will stand at Merryland in Maryland.
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Ask the Moon Weaves Way to Personal Ensign
While racing erratically through the lane, front-running Ask the Moon captured the Personal Ensign Invitational Stakes Sept. 3 for her second grade I stakes win in a row at Saratoga this summer.
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Ask the Moon Surprises Ruffian Stars
Ask the Moon, claimed for $75,000 last month, took the lead and never looked back while widening her advantage through the Saratoga stretch to produce an 18-1 shocker in the $250,000 Ruffian Invitational (gr. I) July 31.
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NJ Stallion Unbridled Jet Dies
Popular New Jersey stallion Unbridled Jet died July 7 when he was struck by lightning at Kurt Sleeter's Sleeter Farm near Clementon, N.J.
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Maryland Stallion Citidancer Euthanized
Pensioned Maryland sire Citidancer, sire of 29 stakes winners, including grade I winners Urbane and Hookedonthefeelin, succumbed to laminitis Aug. 11 at the age of 23.
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Pons Joins TCA Board
Thoroughbred Charities of America announced Jan. 20 the appointment of Josh Pons to its board of directors. Pons will serve a three-year term as a new member.
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Gross Increases During Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale's First Session
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December mixed sale opened Sunday in Maryland with a gross that exceeded last year's first session total, but the average and median prices both suffered setbacks.
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Maryland Stallion Citidancer Pensioned
Citidancer, one of Maryland's leading sires for years, has been pensioned at the Pons family's Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md., because of declining fertility.
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Life of Joseph Pons Remembered at Memorial
Joseph Pons Sr. touched a lot of people in his life, from breeders and racetrackers to prisoners he helped rehabilitate at a nearby detention center. Hundreds of those people turned out Monday at the Pons family's Country Life Farm north of Baltimore to celebrate the life of the beloved Marylander who died last Wednesday at the age of 83.
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Maryland Horseman Joseph P. Pons Sr. Dead
Joseph P. Pons Sr., patriarch of Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md., died Oct. 12 of a heart attack at his home at the farm.
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Oratory to Stand at Country Life in Maryland
Oratory, winner of this year's Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) in stakes-record time in the silks of Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stable, arrived at the Pons family's Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md., Aug. 30 to take up stud duties for 2006.
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Maryland Stallion Carnivalay Pensioned
Carnivalay, one of Maryland's top stallions since entering the stallion ranks at the Pons family's Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md., and one of the last of the Northern Dancers at stud, has been pensioned because of decreased fertility.
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Country Life Adds Parker's Storm Cat
Filling the void left when his half-brother Malibu Moon was recently moved to Castleton Lyons Farm near Lexington, Parker's Storm Cat will enter stud in 2004 at the Pons family's Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md. The son of Storm Cat's fee will be $3,000.
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Malibu Moon Relocated to Castleton Lyons in Kentucky
Malibu Moon, sixth on the first-crop sire list, has been moved to Dr. Tony Ryan's Castleton Lyons Farm near Lexington
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Maryland Stallion Allen's Prospect Euthanized
Allen's Prospect, sire of 57 stakes winners and a hallmark of consistency, was euthanized Wednesday, Sept. 3, at age 21 following surgery at New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania for removal of a tumor under his jaw.
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New! Farm Life Goes Interactive in New Year
Starting Tuesday, Jan. 1, bloodhorse.com will publish daily installments of the award-winning "Country Life Diary."
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Country Life Farm Expands
The Pons' family's Country Life Farm of Bel Air, Md. announced Friday the acquistion of Merryland Farm, a 159-acre horse farm located in the Long Green Valley of Maryland.
