Sagamore Farm to shut racing and breeding operations

Sagamore Racing, the storied home of Native Dancer that was resurrected by Under Armour founder Kevin Plank, is closing up shop.

The Baltimore Sun reports that Plank has not been able to devote as much tie to the operation as needed, so training and breeding at the 530-acre farm will end.

The swan song for the stable will come in Saturday's Breeders' Cup at Keeneland, where its Global Campaign is entered in the Classic at morning-line odds of 20-1.

Plank plans to keep a few retired horses at the farm, according to the report, but it will be used mainly to grow corn and rye for his Sagamore Spirit whiskey brand.

Sagamore Farm was founded in 1925 by Isaac Emerson, the founder of Bromo-Seltzer, according to the farm's website. In 1933, Emerson's daughter gave it to her son, Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr., for his 21st birthday.

Vanderbilt built the operation into an internationally recognized, premier breeding and training facility.

He sold the farm to a developer in 1986, and Plank bought it in 2007 with plans to restore the operation.