Bay gelding, 2003, Not For Love–Lucky Sword, by Sword Dance (Ire) (MD), 32-4-5-10, $344,505
BIOGRAPHY: Broadway Producer, Brodie as he is nicknamed, raced 32 times and won $344,505. Of those 32 starts, Brodie hit the board 19 times. He was a two-time stakes winner while racing at Belmont, Saratoga, Aqueduct and Laurel Park. He won the Maryland Million Turf in 2008.
Brodie, bred by Fast Kitty Farms and sold to Sovereign Stables as a yearling for $52,000, was raced by both Sovereign Stables and Gatsas Stables and trained by John Terranova. He retired in 2010 to New Vocations. North Country Horses (NCH) acquired him in 2014.
WHY BROADWAY PRODUCER DESERVES YOUR VOTE: Brodie is one of NCH’s most valuable lesson horses. Lesson horses are some of the most patient, wise and valuable teachers in equestrian sport. They have so many jobs to do, and Brodie is exemplary at all of them.
Lesson horses help riders, and in Brodie’s case, he provides those who are young and just starting out and those who are more advanced and older with experience that classrooms and books cannot. Brodie not only teaches skills in the saddle like balance, posture and coordination, but he also teaches things like patience, confidence, respect and trust.
I think the most valuable characteristics that Brodie helps our team at NCH share with our students is adaptability, work ethic, empathy and compassion. Imagine–this 1000-pound retired racehorse is able to educate so many, and he can’t even speak.
Brodie has given over 2,500 lessons at NCH over his 10 years here. Hundreds of riders have learned from him. He has taken riders to horse shows, he’s crossed the finish line in the Run for the Horses 5k with 300 runners, he’s been a trusted Interscholastic Equestrian Association mount and is the keeper of so many riders’ secrets. Brodie has been an important part of so many riders’ careers. We can’t imagine our team here without him. We would love nothing more than to be able to recognize Brodie and his importance as a lesson horse being cheered on by the riders whose lives he’s touched.
