Shady Hill Farm is one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia. The farm produced Quality Road, a horse that may run in the Belmont Stakes. Virginia has lost most of its thoroughbred operations over the past 30 years because of development and legislation that gives Virginia breeders less money than other states.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news

Erica Hitch and Katy Lee bring foals and mares to the barn to be fed. Shady Hill Farm is one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news

Horses at Shady Hill Farm in Fauquier, one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia. Virginia has lost most of its thoroughbred operations over the past 30 years because of development and legislation that gives Virginia breeders less money than other states.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news

Shady Hill Farm, one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia, produced Quality Road, a horse that may run in the Belmont Stakes. But over the past 30 years, Virginia has lost most of its thoroughbred operations because of development and legislation that gives Virginia breeders less money than other states.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news

Shady Hill Farm is one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news

Trophies crowd the office of Shady Hill Farm from the horses they have bred. The farm produced Quality Road, a horse that may run in the Belmont Stakes. Shady Hill Farm is one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news

Shady Hill Farm is one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia. The state has lost most of its thoroughbred operations over the past 30 years because of development and legislation that gives Virginia breeders less money than other states.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news

Virginia has lost most of its thoroughbred operations over the past thirty years because of development and legislation that gives Virginia breeders less money than other states. Shady Hill Farm, one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia, produced Quality Road, a horse that may run in the Belmont Stakes.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news

Shady Hill Farm is one of the last large thoroughbred breeding operations in Virginia due to development and legislation that gives Virginia breeders less money than other states. At Shady Hill Farm in Fauquier, Erica Hitch and Katy Lee bring foals and mares to the barn to be fed.

Photo: Andrea Bruce, Washington Post

Tagged: Fauquier County, horses, Shady Hill Farm, State news