Bonita Farm Kevin Boniface Training Division

Bonita Farm Kevin Boniface Training Division "It's all about the horse" With the help of his wife, Chris, his son, Fritz, and a skilled staff, he trains for multiple owners from various places.
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Located on the rolling hills of beautiful Darlington, Maryland, Kevin Boniface trains thoroughbred horses to race on the flat and over jumps in steeplechase races. A five-eighths of a mile training track, half a mile turf course, and many fields and hills ensure each horse is prepared to perform to its best ability. Being located in the heart of Harford County, a mere 5 minutes from Interstate 95,

makes multiple racetracks an easy drive for both people and horses. In this business it's all about the horse, and for Kevin Boniface, the horse comes first.

Tri County Stables Storied Fella wins the 1st at Belmont today!!
06/18/2022

Tri County Stables Storied Fella wins the 1st at Belmont today!!

Kevin, Chris and family stopped in Montrose CO to visit old friend Oliver’s Twist who finished second in the 1995 Preakn...
02/06/2022

Kevin, Chris and family stopped in Montrose CO to visit old friend Oliver’s Twist who finished second in the 1995 Preakness for Charlie Oliver and Bonita Farm. Had he not gotten in traffic and been stopped at the 1/4 pole he surely would have won that day. He finished 2nd to Timber Country but beat the derby winner Thunder Gulch. He has been the leading sire in Colorado and is 30 years old! Great to spend some time reminiscing with this guy❤️

Nicky Bear gets the job done in the 2nd at Colonial😊
08/30/2021

Nicky Bear gets the job done in the 2nd at Colonial😊

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02/24/2018
The Chronicle Of The Horse

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"I’m impressed by Dominick’s courage to break through cultural barriers to pick up the phone and call Chris Boniface to introduce himself. I’m thankful to have horses in this world to transform us and encourage us to keep on challenging this life in the pursuit of our dreams."

01/27/2018

Timber hopeful EMZ Firecracker

Timber hopeful EMZ Firecracker
12/10/2017

Timber hopeful EMZ Firecracker

Her brother Alliance (by Harlan’s Holliday) is now at Bonita Farm to stand stud for 2018 season!
11/10/2017
BloodHorse

Her brother Alliance (by Harlan’s Holliday) is now at Bonita Farm to stand stud for 2018 season!

Multiple champion and six-time grade/group 1 winner Tepin, in foal to top sire Curlin, sold for $8 million to M V Magnier at the Fasig-Tipton November sale Nov. 6. The daughter of Bernstein won 13 of 23 races and banked $4,437,918 in earnings.

Grade 1 Winner Dortmund Arrives At Bonita Farm - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
11/01/2017
Grade 1 Winner Dortmund Arrives At Bonita Farm - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report

Grade 1 Winner Dortmund Arrives At Bonita Farm - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report

Kaleem Shah's 5-year-old Dortmund, a Grade 1 winner at 2 and 3 and an Eclipse Award finalist, has been retired and will stand at Bonita Farm in Darlington, Md., for the 2018 breeding season. The imposing chestnut son of champion and dual classic winner Big Brown arrived at Bonita on Oct. 25. He will...

Welcome Dortmund!!
10/21/2017
Bonita Farm

Welcome Dortmund!!

Some big news here at Bonita Farm! Very excited to welcome Dortmund for this coming season!

09/13/2017

Richard Granville's Good Roll finishes a game 2nd beaten half length at 40 to 1 at Delaware Park today! If she doesn't get stopped at quarter pole she wins!

08/31/2017

Daniel T Doane's Bete Noir makes it 2 in a row in the 5th at Delaware Park today!😊

Somerset Racing and Stables LLC
07/28/2017

Somerset Racing and Stables LLC

Early this morning...

Can't wait to have this girl in training😍
06/25/2017

Can't wait to have this girl in training😍

Winner of class III Say Yes DI DI, gr/ro.f., 03/31/2016, Mojave Moon-A Queens Smile, by Ops Smile. Owned and bred by Bonita Farm, Darlington, MD

06/05/2017

Sommer Something goes wire to wire in the 8th at Delaware Park today!😍❤️

06/02/2017

Bluegrass Rye went wire to wire at Pimlico on Monday and Fletched did the same at Penn National in the last yesterday😊

The Aegis
04/29/2017
The Aegis

The Aegis

The Maryland-bred Thoroughbred Hall of Fame's newest inductees are millionaire steeplechaser and 2017 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame steeplechase electee Good Night Shirt and the Harford County bred, owned and trained classic winner Deputed Testamony, the most recent Maryland-bred to win the Preakness Stakes.

Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase Foundation
02/27/2017

Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase Foundation

Check out this ELEVEN PAGE article in the Feb 27, 2017 edition of The Chronicle Of The Horse about steeplechase racing! "Is Run-and-Jump a Dying Sport?" is an article precisely on why the National Steeplechase Foundation exists. The NSF believes strongly that steeplechase racing is a fantastic base for many equine disciplines. Check out the article here, the NSF even gets some ink about our Developing and Young Rider Programs.

Courtesy of The Chronicle of the Horse
February 26, 2017
To subscribe: Visit www.COTH.com

Maryland Thoroughbred
12/09/2016
Maryland Thoroughbred

Maryland Thoroughbred

Jim McKay has been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's Joe Hirsch Media Honor Roll. His legacy in Thoroughbred racing was assured in 1986 when he founded Maryland Million Day, now named Jim McKay Maryland Million Day.

Ruffian😍❤️
12/07/2016

Ruffian😍❤️

Maryland Thoroughbred
11/15/2016

Maryland Thoroughbred

Graded winner Norumbega to Bonita Farm

Bonita Farm is proud to announce the arrival of Norumbega to stand at stud at the Darlington, Md., farm for the 2017 season. A 6-year-old son of Tiznow raced as a homebred by highly respected Jockey Club chairman Stuart Janney III, Norumbega won the 2014 running of the prestigious Brooklyn Handicap (Grade 2). Run at Belmont Park on the same day as California Chrome’s bid for the Triple Crown, Norumbega completed the Brooklyn’s mile and a half a full second faster than Tonalist’s winning time in the Belmont Stakes.

Norumbega won or placed in eight of 19 starts and earned $521,645 in a career in which he was also second in the Grade 3 Skip Away Stakes and Grade 3 Discovery Handicap. His sire, Horse of the Year and two-time Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 winner Tiznow, is rapidly becoming a sire of sires. The young Tiznow son Gemologist is represented by two graded stakes winners in his first crop of runners and currently ranks second in the nation on the 2016 freshman sires list.

Meghan’s Joy, Norumbega’s dam, is a stakes-placed daughter of A.P. Indy and represents one of the current strongest female lines in North America. She has produced six stakes performers, five graded, led by millionaire Ironicus, a multiple graded winner of $1,148,615 who recently retired to stud at Claiborne Farm in Kentucky. Meghan’s Joy’s 10 runners have combined earnings just shy of $4 million. She is also the granddam of graded winner and course record-setter Onus. The family traces back to Rokeby Farm’s blue hen mare Glowing Tribute through graded winner Wild Applause (by Northern Dancer).

Janney is a descendant of one of the greatest Thoroughbred breeding families of Maryland which produced the great filly Ruffian and Kentucky Derby-G1 winner Orb, among many others. Norumbega was trained throughout his career by Hall of Famer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey, who has overseen the progeny of this family and considers it one of the best in racing.

Norumbega’s stud fee is $3,000 live foal.

Inquires to J. William Boniface (410) 879-5324
Bonita Farm | P.O. Box 366 | Darlington, MD 21034 | www.bonitafarm.com

Richard C Granville's Good Roll ran down the leader and wins the 7th at Delaware today!
10/05/2016

Richard C Granville's Good Roll ran down the leader and wins the 7th at Delaware today!

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09/18/2016

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Bonita Farms 3 year old c**t by Etched out of Conowingo wins the 6th at Delaware Park!

Bonita Farms 3 year old c**t by Etched out of Conowingo wins the 6th at Delaware Park!
09/18/2016

Bonita Farms 3 year old c**t by Etched out of Conowingo wins the 6th at Delaware Park!

08/26/2016

Bonita Farm's Sommer Something wins a 2 year old Maiden Special Weight at Timonium today going wire to wire! Very proud of this filly by Etched out of Bay of Bengal

Richard C Granville's Good Roll wins easy in a maiden special at Laurel on Maryland Pride Day! So proud of this beautifu...
08/20/2016

Richard C Granville's Good Roll wins easy in a maiden special at Laurel on Maryland Pride Day! So proud of this beautiful filly❤️
Photo credit marylandtb on Instagram

Good Roll enjoying her evening graze. She is very content after her impressive 2nd on Monday in a tough mile and 3/8 tur...
07/01/2016

Good Roll enjoying her evening graze. She is very content after her impressive 2nd on Monday in a tough mile and 3/8 turf maiden special race at Delaware Park:)

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Harmony Church Road
Darlington, MD
21034

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 3pm

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Timber hopeful EMZ Firecracker

Feb 9th Bonita Farm was open for training. Track condition fast.

Pair of 2 year olds 2 minute lick on the turf:)

As I said-Tatteu's babies have so much character! As demonstrated by Sirilda (2 year old filly by Etched out of Tatteu) enjoying her pedicure:).

2 year old filly Sirilda enjoying the sand ring:)

2 year old fillies Good Roll and Curlisox

Etched colt out of Rhythmically

Pleasant Wind working 1/2

Wingo Star hurdle school

Our homebred USMC Semper Fi (Marine)-a barn favorite was claimed in his first start back this year-sad day. Lia McGuirk never lost track of him. Today she picked him up and brought him to his new home at Olney Farm. If you are not this kind of person, you shouldn't be in the game. Happy day for all:)

Wingo Star schooling with Lia McGuirk and Kevin on Bass (War Horse)

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