Wallkill, NY – Blue Chip Farms is proud to welcome $1.46 million dollar winner, Back Of The Neck 1:51-‘22, to its Wallkill, NY facility for the 2023 breeding season.

Back of the Neck, here winning the 2022 Maple Leaf Trot, will stand at Blue Chip Farms in New York. New Image Media photo.

Known for his ability on all size tracks, Back Of The Neck has had numerous stakes performances including victories in the Reynolds Memorial at 2 and 3; William Wellwood Elim (third in Final), Stanley Dancer, Bluegrass, NJ Breeders Maturity, Maple Leaf Trot, and the Dayton Trotting Derby; second in the Hambletonian elimination (third in Final), Breeders Crown-Open, Zweig Memorial and Matron.  In October, he came in second in the star studded MGM Yonkers International Trot after being parked almost the entire mile.

In 2022, Back Of The Neck became the fifth leading money winning son of Ready Cash-joining an elite grouping with Face Time Bourbon, Bold Eagle, Ready Express and Bird Parker. The sons of Ready Cash have demanded great respect for their success at stud in Europe.  Back of The Neck will offer that same bloodline opportunity to North America.

Back of the Neck also boasts a fabulous maternal line. Out of the Andover Hall mare Big Barb, he is from the immediate family of top performers including Dan Patch 3-year-old Trotting Filly of the Year Broadway Schooner.  Winner of the Hambletonian Oaks and Breeders Crown, she is also the dam of 2022 Hambletonian Oaks Winner Fashion Schooner p,3,1:50.1-’22 ($787,337).  This excellent pedigree foundation makes Back Of The Neck a complete outcross to almost every trotting bloodline in North America.

Back Of The Neck will stand for a stud fee of $7,500.  Please contact jbrown@bluechipfarms.com for additional information and booking opportunities.