“This is a good opportunity to support the Maryland Horse Foundation and get a great deal on a season or two to some of Maryland's top stallions,” said Cricket Goodall, executive director of the Maryland Horse Foundation. “You will also produce a Maryland Million-eligible horse for your stable.”

All proceeds will benefit the Foundation's educational programs and the brand-new Maryland Horse Library & Education Center, located at 321 Main St. in Reisterstown.

For more information, contact Becky Remsberg at bremsberg@marylandthoroughbred.com or 410-252-2100 x110.

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OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski expects demand for 2-year-olds to remain high at the June sale.

“I think there is still demand for horses,” Wojciechowski said. “I think we saw that certainly in April [at the OBS Spring sale]. We heard from a lot of people who still had orders to fill and said they'd be back.”

The OBS Spring sale set records for gross, average and median and, while that April auction has turned into a powerhouse destination, the June sale has had its own renaissance over the last few years.

“The June sale is all grown up,” Wojciechowski said. “It was not always considered a stand alone sale. It was an afterthought sale for a number of years, but nowadays, June is a heck of a sale in its own right. Quality horses have come out of June every year. I think people appreciate that. And it seems, as the sales calendar has gotten later over time, some of these horses that need a little more time, that maybe aren't ready for March or April, can really showcase themselves at June and people are finding success with those horses.”

In 2021, 567 horses sold at the June sale for a gross of $24,626,450 and an average of $43,433–both highwater marks for the auction. The median was a record-tying $20,000.

“I try not to prognosticate things like that,” Wojciechowski said when asked if the sale's 2022 renewal could live up to those lofty figures. “I think we will have a good sale and we will be thankful, and the consignors will be thankful, if we get horses sold.”

The 2022 June sale has already eclipsed the 2021 renewal in one respect, with 1,131 juveniles catalogued this year, compared to 907 a year ago.

“I don't know that it is good or bad,” Wojciechowski said of the larger catalogue. “It is what it is. I am happy that the consignors have enough faith that the June sale is a place where they can market their horses.”

During last week's under-tack show, a pair of fillies shared the fastest furlong time of :9 4/5: hip 560, a daughter of Flatter consigned by Julie Davies (video); and hip 795, a filly by Irish War Cry consigned by Thorostock (video).

A filly by Army Mule (hip 437) turned in the week's fastest quarter-mile work of :20 2/5 for the Fast Horses consignment.

“I thought we got very lucky with the weather,” Wojciechowski said of the under-tack show. “It is Florida. It is hot in June, but we were able to dodge rainstorms and didn't really have any interruptions and we were able to get six consistent days in a row. They were hot, but they were consistent.”

The June sale begins Tuesday morning and continues through Thursday with bidding beginning each day at 10 a.m.

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A trio of juveniles worked a quarter in a bullet :20 4/5.

• Hip 783, a Bee Jersey filly consigned by Top Line Sales (video)
• Hip 823, an Uncaptured filly consigned by Tom McCrocklin (video)
• Hip 860, an Outwork colt consigned by Brandon and Ali Rice's RiceHorse Stable (video)

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“We are grateful to the Maryland stallion farms for their support of this fundraiser. Proceeds will support our educational programs and the launch of the Maryland Horse Library and Education Center,” The Maryland Horse Foundation’s Director of Development Jordyn Egan said. “After an odd 2020, we are excited to move full steam ahead on some new projects in 2021.”

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Perhaps more importantly, the annual Midlantic sale will allow the Chesapeake City, Maryland-based farm the opportunity to show off stock from their growing stallion roster, including the first weanlings from Irish War Cry (Curlin) and Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday).

“Our game is to bring the best we can for the market in the Mid-Atlantic region and in Maryland and not to price ourselves out of the market,” said Northview’s Bloodstock Manager Paul O’Loughlin. “We try to go for sire power and horses with pedigree, and what’s affordable to the Maryland breeders.”

A New Jersey-bred and homebred for Isabelle de Tomaso, Irish War Cry shone as a juvenile, breaking his maiden on debut and then taking the Marylander S. On the Derby trail at three, he won the GII Holy Bull S. and GII Wood Memorial S., and later ran second to Tapwrit (Tapit) in the GI Belmont S. He came back at four to win the GIII Pimlico Special S.

O’Loughlin says that Irish War Cry’s first crop was popular with breeders from the beginning.

“It’s always a good sign when you see the first foals and people come back again. Then you know they’re good,” he said. “He’s giving them the Curlin stamp and they look pretty good from what I’ve seen. All the breeders are still interested in him and there have been inquiries already for the coming year.”

Northview will offer one Irish War Cry weanling, a colt out of the stakes-placed Pret Say Eye (Ready’s Image), selling as Hip 118.

Northview’s other first-crop weanling sire Hoppertunity began his career at stud as the richest stallion to enter stud in the Mid-Atlantic. The Bob Baffert trainee earned a pair of Grade I scores in the Clark H. at three and Jockey Club Gold Cup S. at five. In his 34 starts, he ran in the money 22 times, and was seven-times Grade I placed. At seven, he retired with earnings of over $4.7 million.

“Hoppertunity doesn’t need any introduction,” O’Loughlin said. “He ran all over the world and danced every dance with every horse around the country. He’s stamping his progeny pretty well. They’re big, strong, and have plenty of bone. They look very racey.”

The son of Any Given Saturday stood his first two seasons at Northview’s Pennsylvania location, but upon the farm’s recent consolidation, he will stand his first year in Maryland in 2021.

“He bred over 100 mares in his first two seasons, so especially now being in Maryland, it looks like he’ll continue to be popular,” O’Loughlin noted.

Northview will consign Hip 132, a son of Hoppertunity out of the Silvikova (Badge of Silver) at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton sale, while two additional weanlings by the young sire will be offered as Hip 94 with Becky Davis and Hip 127 with Bill Reightler.

In addition to watching the development of the progeny from Hoppertunity and Irish War Cry, Northview also anticipates seeing the first crop of 2-year-olds hit the track next year for three-time graded stakes winner Madefromlucky (Lookin at Lucky).

“He didn’t have huge books, but he had enough to sustain a good 2-year-old season,” O’Loughlin said. “The yearlings are pretty sharp-looking for a horse that was a distance horse, so we’re excited.”

Founded in 1989 by Richard Golden, Northview Stallion Station has since been home to several of Maryland’s leading sires including Not For Love (Mr. Prospector), who topped the state’s sire list on 14 occasions, as well as Great Notion, Maryland’s leading sire by earnings since 2018.

While restricted to a smaller book nowadays at the age of 20, Great Notion is still producing winners. During this year’s Maryland Million program at Laurel Park, his progeny accounted for four of the eight winners on the stakes card.

“He’s loved by everybody in Maryland,” O’Loughlin said. “Outside of Maryland, they show up everywhere. He’s even had runners at Royal Ascot. It’s an honor for Northview to have the best active stallion in the Mid-Atlantic at the minute.”

O’Loughlin said that Golden’s son Michael oversaw the operation’s consolidation process this year and has additional plans to better the farm moving forward.

“Michael is very enthusiastic. He’s serious and plans to do a lot of remodeling. We’re going to make it a powerhouse moving forwarding, bringing new stallions and rebuilding the farm–what Maryland needs.”

O’Loughlin said he is confident in Maryland’s breeding program, and has high hopes for Northview’s growth in the coming years.

“The Maryland Horse Breeders’ Association is doing a great job in getting people to stay and breed here,” he said. “Northview Stallion Station is doing their utmost best to bring in the best stallions they can and afford people to keep them in Maryland. It’s encouraging for the future. To have better horses, we need better mares and we need more people to stay here. But it’s working.”

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