Hunterton Farm has welcomed two new members to its retirement community of accomplished equines. Market Share 5,1:50.2f ($3,792,877) and Its My Show p,3,1:46.4 ($1,814,958) recently arrived at the Paris, Kentucky farm.
“It’s a honour to have horses like them on the farm,” said Steve Stewart, who owns and operates Hunterton with his wife, Cindy.
“Market Share was babysitting yearlings at Southwind Farm and we’ll probably have him doing that here," said Stewart. "And Its My Show has recovered from a career-ending injury, so we’ll see how he is doing.”
Market Share, a son of Revenue S out of Classical Flirt, was born in Paris, Kentucky, where he was raised by his breeder, Hayley Moore. In 2017, Market Share won the Hambletonian for owners Richard Gutnick, TLP Stable and William Augustine, trainer Linda Toscano and driver Tim Tetrick. At age four, he won the Breeders Crown, Maple Leaf Trot and TVG Free-For-All Championship.
When Southwind Farm decided to close its doors, Gutnick started looking for a new home for Market Share, who is now 17 years old.
“We wanted to place him at the Kentucky Horse Park,” said Gutnick. “Besides winning the Hambletonian, he was a blue-ribbon winner at the Standardbred Pleasure Horse Show and had been ridden regularly. But we couldn’t get him placed at the Horse Park because they wanted a different breed. Luckily, Steve Stewart said they would be happy to take him at Hunterton, and I’m very happy about that.”
Its My Show’s new home happens to be the place he was born. The six-year-old gelding by Sweet Lou out of the great Put On A Show was foaled at Hunterton. He is settling in after a year-long recovery from a shattered pastern that required multiple screws to repair.
Trained by Linda Toscano, Its My Show had won the North America Cup, Little Brown Jug and Canadian Pacing Derby before suffering his injury.
“I was given the option to euthanize him. The vets told me it was 50-50 if he survived,” said Richard Young, who co-owns the horse with Joanne Young. “I’m in the business to race, but you have to be able to accept that bad things can happen. But I’m an animal lover, so I said let’s try to save him. I’m very happy the surgery was a success. He was at Mid-Atlantic [Veterinary Clinic] in New Jersey for four months.”
Its My Show’s dam, Put On A Show, still resides at Hunterton and is owned by a partnership that includes Steve Stewart.
Hunterton Farm will soon begin welcoming guests to inspect its 2026 yearlings and encourages visitors to ask to see Market Share and Its My Show.
(With files from Hunterton Farm; photo of Its My Show winning the 2023 North America Cup)