McMahons welcome Highcliff Stallions and O’Cains to McMahon Thoroughbreds

Friday, February 15th, 2013

(Edited press release)

Joe and Anne McMahon, owners of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, announced yesterday the addition of the Highcliff Stallions to the farm for 2013.

On the Highcliff side, C. Lynwood O’Cain, DVM and Suzie O’Cain, Stallion Development, commented, “We could not be more thrilled. We have always dreamed of bringing Saratoga Thoroughbred breeders to the forefront in the state, and with 14 stallions, including the sire of a 2012 Eclipse winner and the sire of a 2012 Grade I stakes winner, we felt now was the time to make the dreams of both families a reality.”

Joe McMahon and Suzie O’Cain have spent many years working together on the boards of several organizations, including the New York Thoroughbred Breeders. Dr. O’Cain adds his vast knowledge of reproductive therapy, while Anne McMahon continues her role in hands on horsemanship and farm management.

Suzie O’Cain added, “Doc and I spent 26 years 45 minutes away from Saratoga, and with the closing of Highcliff Farm after Carl Lizza’s passing, we wanted our friends and clients to know we would always be close and involved with their bloodstock investments. Anne and Joe are not only two of our good friends, their farm is just five minutes down the road, and Doc and I will be there on a regular basis. We all feel this will be the best Thoroughbred stallion station in the Northeast.”

Highcliff stallions Bob and John (Seeking the Gold), Congaree (Arazi), Cosmonaut (Lemon Drop Kid), Maybry’s Boy (Broad Brush), Smart Bid (Smart Strike), and Stonesider (Giant’s Causeway) join McMahon stallions Alphabet Soup (Cozzene), Catienus (Storm Cat), Here Comes Ben (Street Cry {Ire}), Justenuffhumor (Distorted Humor), Mr. Sekiguchi (Storm Cat), Teuflesberg (Johannesburg), Touch Gold (Deputy Minister), and Utopia (Jpn) (Forty Niner) for the 2013 breeding season.

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