They are two of Canada’s most iconic thoroughbred farms and Dave Whitford holds the rare distinction to have had long tenures at both.

“I was 16 years at Windfields and 13 at Sam-Son now,” Whitford said proudly of the two Toronto area nurseries that rank among the greatest producers of runners this nation has ever known.

Today, Whitford is the broodmare/stallion manager at the 200-acre Sam-Son Farm in Milton, ON that is home to an exquisite band of mares. Prior to being hired by the late Tammy Samuel-Balaz in 2003, Whitford was the broodmare division manager at E.P. Taylor’s famed Windfields Farm of Oshawa.

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