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4 unusual facts about Sagamore Farm


Maryland Route 128

MD 128 continues northeast through horse country, passing to the northwest of Sagamore Farm.

Sagamore Farm

In 1941, Vanderbilt teamed up with Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. and other investors to acquire for breeding services the 1935 English Triple Crown winner Bahram from the Aga Khan III.

Bahram stood at stud at Sagamore Farm then was sent to Chrysler's North Wales Stud in Warrenton, Virginia.

In 2007 Maryland native Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour apparell company, bought the farm with a long term plan for a major restoration.


Native Dancer

He was raised and trained at owner Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland.

Native Dancer Stakes

Native Dancer upon his retirement was entered into stud at Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland where he remained until his death in 1967.


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