New Mexico
Fred Alexander
Fred and Linda Alexander’s A & A Ranch stands some of the state’s top sires at the Anthony, N.M., farm, including 2023 New Mexico leading stallion Marking as well as the state’s 2023 leading first-crop sire Sporting Chance .
“We’ve been here 25 years and we’re proud to achieve this,” Fred Alexander said. “It’s been a lot of hard work but I owe most of it to my staff and my clients that have been with us over the years. We’ve been fortunate enough to have five of the state’s leading stallions over the last 20 years.”
Besides standing their three stallions, the Alexanders’ operation focuses primarily on breeding and selling their yearlings through their own consignment each year at the Ruidoso Select New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale.
A & A Ranch was the leading consignor the past two years at the New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale and was responsible for the 2022 and 2023 sales toppers. In both years, the sale topper sold for six figures, a significant accomplishment in the Land of Enchantment.
Marking, a grade 1-placed son of Bernardini, won New Mexico’s leading sires race by a landslide. The stallion boasted progeny earnings of $2,580,008 for 2023