West Point Thoroughbreds has reached an exciting milestone with its newest generation of racehorses: all 41 yearlings offered from the 2025 crop are now fully subscribed.

It’s a gratifying conclusion to a busy acquisition season, and we’re grateful to the many Partners, both longtime and new, who have joined us in these horses! Your enthusiasm and confidence have made it possible to assemble a deep and diverse group of prospects, and now the focus shifts to developing them into racehorses.

A large contingent is in the Ocala, Florida area with Dr. Barry Eisaman, who has been pleased with what he’s seen during the first several weeks of the breaking and early training process. The youngsters have generally been straightforward to break, have remained sound and healthy, and are progressing toward regular training on the racetrack. Some are taking brief, routine breathers, while others have recently returned to jogging or will receive a short break in the coming weeks.

The emphasis at this stage is on education, repetition and building a foundation, rather than speed. The more demanding work will come after the New Year.

Eisaman is particularly encouraged by the overall quality of the group.

“For me, I think almost every year it becomes a little harder and harder to pick out the ones you like best because they’re surrounded by so many very good horses,” he said. “If you have a bunch of average horses and throw in 10 percent that aren’t as good, you can separate them. This is like trying to separate 4.0 students at Harvard. They’re a bunch of nice ones.”

There’s good reason to pay attention to Eisaman’s early impressions. At this same point last year, he considered Powerline to be at the top of the class for the entire farm, along with eventual Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) hero Hughes. Another promising member of that group, Champagne Stakes (G1) winner U S S Valor, had only recently arrived and was still largely an unknown quantity.

Those three have since emerged as standout 2-year-olds, an encouraging reminder of the talent that can be developing during these early months in Ocala.

Dr. Eisaman’s individual assessments of the horses in his care are included in this week’s horse updates.

Eisaman graduates Powerline and Highwaymen finishing 1-2 on Breeders’ Cup Day:

West Point also has several yearlings who are progressing well at Kinsman Farm in Ocala, and a Yaupon filly is marching forward nearby for Susan Montanye.