On June 20, 2026, the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders’ Association held its second annual PA-bred yearling show at the Brandywine Polo Club in Toughkenamon, PA. Classes were held for PA-sired colts and geldings and PA-sired fillies and for non-PA-sired colts and geldings and non-PA-sired fillies. The judge was Pennsylvania horseman, Rick Abbott.
The top honors went to breeders Dr. and Mrs. William Riddle Jr. of Penmarydel Farm in Kirkwood, PA. Their two lovely fillies won champion and reserve champion. Champion was a non-PA sired filly by Maryland stallion, Golden Lad, out of Zelica, and reserve champion was an unnamed PA-sired filly by Cloud Computing out of Flatter’s Secret. “We live in Port Deposit, MD, but our farm is in Pennsylvania, so we try to foal all our mares in PA,” said Mrs. Riddle. “My husband is a board-certified equine surgeon, and his practice was the Cecil Veterinary Clinic. He retired from that, and we cut back on the breeding operation. We used to sell some yearlings every year at the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale in Timonium, MD, and we kept some to race. We’re down to about eight broodmares now,” said Mrs. Riddle. “We claimed our broodmare Flatter’s Secret at Penn National, and she had a beautiful filly by Cloud Computing, and we hope to race the filly by Golden Lad. We have more time to handle the babies now, and they are behaving very well here,” said Mrs. Riddle. “We usually breed one mare in Kentucky,” said Dr. Riddle, “but we always try to race in Pennsylvania.” Both fillies won their respective classes.
Other winners of the day included breeder Lillith Boucher’s, Devil’s Luck by Maryland stallion, Blofeld in the non-PA sired colt division, and Rick Molineaux’s, Figuretivlee by Pat On The Back in the PA-sired colt division. “We had more entries this year, and a great turn-out,” commented Brian Sanfratello, executive secretary of the P.H.B.A. “The weather was great, and we had a nice representation of PA-bred yearlings. We gave out four $100 prizes to the best turned-out horses, and we gave out $1000 in each class broken up to the top four. The winner got 60 per cent, second got 20 per cent, third got 12 per cent, and fourth got 8 per cent. Champion received $1,000, and reserve champion won $500. Horses are eligible for prize money at the end of their two and three-year old year. The top four in purses earned
split $20,000,” said Sanfratello.
“Today was a great day, and our next big event is Pennsylvania Day at the Races at Parx on Saturday, July18th. We have over $1 million in purses and awards and four Pennsylvania-bred stakes. We have the Banjo Picker Stakes, the Storm Cat Stakes, the Dr. Teresa Garofalo Memorial, and the Lil E. Tee Stakes. A plus is that the races are held on a Saturday this year,” Sanfratello said. The second annual P.H.B.A. yearling show showcased the successful Pennsylvania breeders’ program by highlighting the offspring of Pennsylvania stallions and exhibiting future racing prospects.
