Country Life and Merryland Farms

Country Life and Merryland Farms Maryland's oldest commercial Thoroughbred breeding and training facilities. We also offer fun and exciting racing and breeding partnerships.

Congratulations to the connections of the CLF & Mark Ronsini -bred Belle of Liberty (23 Hiding-Independence Hall) who b...
06/13/2026

Congratulations to the connections of the CLF & Mark Ronsini -bred Belle of Liberty (23 Hiding-Independence Hall) who broke her maiden at Laurel on Friday!

06/11/2026

Prepping for the annual MHBA Yearling Show has begun!

We're proud of partnership mare In It For the Gold, dam of rising superstar ENGLISHMAN, winner of the G1 Woody Stephens,...
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

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

Wowza! Partnership mare In It For the Gold has a rising superstar in ENGLISHMAN, winner of today's G1 Woody Stephens at ...
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 ...

20 years old and still getting it done! Friesan Fire sired his 45th 2-year-old winner today at Laurel with Futile Gestur...
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!

Great 2-year-old race at Laurel today with Friesan Fire's son Futile Gesture dueling with CLF-bred Baru (out of Starr of...
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!

Good luck to our latest graduates from the training center! Giovanni, Galawi Sunrise and Engage the Secret were all st...
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!

It was a Friesan Fire exacta on Friday at Laurel, and it was a breeder exacta as well! Congrats to Dan Eubanks, who bred...
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.

Address

Bel Air, MD
21014

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+14108791952

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