Country Life and Merryland Farms

06/07/2026

We're proud of partnership mare In It For the Gold, dam of rising superstar ENGLISHMAN, winner of the G1 Woody Stephens, tying the track record set in 1978! He's trained by another rising star in Cherie Devaux and ridden by Jose Ortiz, Jr. Photo credit: Coglianese Photos

06/06/2026

Mike Pons was on hand for the win, as the BloodHorse noted in the article! How fun is this?!?!

Englishman crushes the field in the Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.

06/06/2026

Wowza! Partnership mare In It For the Gold has a rising superstar in ENGLISHMAN, winner of today's G1 Woody Stephens at Saratoga - tying the track record set in 1978!!

Now this is a racehorse! ENGLISHMAN smashes the clock to pieces in ...

06/06/2026

20 years old and still getting it done! Friesan Fire sired his 45th 2-year-old winner today at Laurel with Futile Gesture! Thanks to Jim McCue for the finish photo!

06/06/2026

Great 2-year-old race at Laurel today with Friesan Fire's son Futile Gesture dueling with CLF-bred Baru (out of Starr of Quality) to the wire. Futile Gesture prevailed in his debut for owner/breeder The Elkstone Group and trainer Mike Trombetta/ Trombetta Stables LLC .

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06/05/2026

Good luck to our latest graduates from the training center! Giovanni, Galawi Sunrise and Engage the Secret were all started here. Night Call got some remedial training and Fabian's Princess and Our Ham Sandwich got some time off with us before legging back up. We wish their connections lots of luck!

06/04/2026

Good luck to our latest graduates from the training center! Giovanni, Galawi Sunrise and Engage the Secret were all started here. Night Call got some remedial training and Fabian's Princess and Our Ham Sandwich got some time off with us before legging back up. We wish their connections lots of luck!

06/01/2026

It was a Friesan Fire exacta on Friday at Laurel, and it was a breeder exacta as well! Congrats to Dan Eubanks, who bred both of them. Red Spitfire (out of Palace Lush) got the win and World on Fire (out of Stormy Mama) was a nose behind in 2nd.

05/25/2026

Early Voting got his 3rd first crop winner today - check out our latest partnership offering for a NY-bred filly by Early Voting out of a stakes-placed mare!

05/23/2026

A rainy day and sloppy track didn't bother these CLF-foaled runners, who landed in the winner's circle at Laurel! Congratulations to 2-year-old maiden winner Remembertheword ('22 Requesting c**t by Thousand Words), bred and owned by Charles Parker's Barak Farm and trained by Jose Corrales; and CLF/Moon Vision LLC-bred Creed's Vision, who went wire-to-wire in winning an Allowance that was taken off the turf for West Point Thoroughbreds and trainer Arnaud Delacour.