Dogpatch Farm

Sharon Maloney

Sharon (Sam) Maloney grew up riding ponies and horses in Warrenton. She loved the track, and started working when she was 16. Among others, she worked for Hall of Famers, Henry Clark at Pimlico, Allen

Jerkens at Saratoga, and Uncle Jim Maloney at Belmonte Park and Aiken SC. Moving into the owners role, Sam had many successes, including Kitty Tatch, a 12 race winner, with 2 stakes race wins. She bred many fine horses, including For Rubies, who won a couple of stakes races and $350,000. In 1979 Sam moved away from training at the track, and developed Dogpatch Farm into a premier rehabilitation and training center for race horses. She purchased additional property to meet the expanding training needs, and accommodate the Thoroughbred and Warmblood breeding operations. Sam loves animals, continuing her mother’s long tradition of caring for unwanted animals. She is on the board of the Fauquier SPCA, and currently is actively involved in a feral cat program, Trap Neuter and Return, targeting feline colonies that have overwhelmed their owners. Sam lives on Dogpatch Farm with her Jack Russel, Paddy, English Bulldog, Maggie, and at the moment, ten cats.

Kevin Maloney

Kevin Maloney also grew up riding horses in Warrenton. He rode with Mrs. Sanders at 12, competing at local shows. He started with J. Arthur Reynolds at 14, and showed Juniors and Equitation on the A circuit. He moved on to Francis Rowe's barn in Richmond, then to Dave Kelly in Pinehurst and Delmar Twyman in Southern Pines. He ended up with Joe Fargis and Conrad Homfeld in the early 1980's. Specialized in training green horses to jump, he did take his bay gelding, Turfire, to compete in the 1983 World Cup in Vienna, Austria, and 1984 World Cup in Goethenberg, Sweden. Following that, Kevin started a breeding program, producing Warmblood crosses for the hunter and jumper rings. He spent 6 years with Aaron Vale in South Carolina, showing his homebred jumpers. Back at the farm, Kevin continues his breeding program and breaks yearlings with the others at Dogpatch. He is married to the renowned equine artist, Juli Kirk, and divides his time between Dogpatch Farm and East Hampton, Massachusetts. He has two Norwich terriers, homemade banjos and three step-children to keep him busy.