Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. owned Sagamore Farm for the longest time, from 1933 until 1986, and hundreds of mares and stallions were born there, raised there and trained to race there. Kevin Plank, the Under Armour CEO, bought Sagamore in 2007. He bred and trained horses there for a while before putting it up for sale. Here are some photos of historic Sagamore, near sunset on a summer evening.

A walkway in Sagamore’s largest stable, now vacant.
Viewed across a crop field, the roof of a Sagamore foaling barn
A driveway along the largest Sagamore barn
Moon over Sagamore
The Sagamore training track is three-quarters of a mile long, and “Clocker’s Tower,” with conference rooms, was built next to it to offer a vantage point.
Native Dancer, the champion Vanderbilt stallion, is buried at Sagamore Farm.
One of several horses enjoying retirement at Sagamore.

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Dan Rodricks is a former long-time columnist for The Baltimore Sun, winner of numerous national and regional journalism awards, a radio and TV personality, podcaster and fly angler. His narrative memoir, "Father's Day Creek," was published in May 2019 by Apprentice House at Loyola University Maryland.

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