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By George Rowand
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The yearling filly was leaning against the moving gate in the walking pen, clearly impatient that the thing wouldn’t move faster so she could get about her business. In the heat of a July morning, she was getting ready for her moment in the sun in September, when she will be offered for sale in Kentucky.
In spite of the pokey gate, her life is about to pick up speed. It’s the nature of the thoroughbred business.
“She’s got a pretty good pedigree,” said Chris Baker, farm manager for Spring Hill Farm in Casanova. “Her sire is Elusive Quality and her halfbrother, Gygistar, is a grade 1 stakes winner of more than $1.5 million, so she should be pretty popular.”
All across America right now, people working on thoroughbred horse farms are preparing yearlings for sale within the next few months. Spring Hill Farm, owned by Edward P. Evans, falls into that category.
The nursery - which is what a farm that specializes in breeding mares and producing foals is called - currently is home to more than 200 horses, consist
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