Ken Wilkins has been named Director of Stallion Operations for Gary Broad’s Walmac Farm, it was announced today.
He previously served as stallion director at Spendthrift Farm and has held similar positions with Adena Springs and Vinery. Wilkins is also a past president of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ Club.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Ken, who has vast knowledge and experience in the stallion market,” said Gary Broad. “We’re confident he’ll help build on the strong foundation we have here as we look to a bright future and expanding our stallion roster.”
Upon his appointment, Wilkins expressed enthusiasm about joining the historic operation.
“I am excited and honored to step into this role at Walmac and eager to add another successful chapter to its storied past,” said Wilkins. “We will immediately seek to expand the roster with exciting young stallion prospects. I am also eager to see the progeny of the current stallions develop as we have weanlings, yearlings, and 2-year-olds—anything could happen!”
Walmac is currently home to four exciting young stallions—Core Beliefs, who is represented by his first crop to the races this year, Fulsome, Pappacap, and Pinehurst.
Core Beliefs is a multiple graded stakes-winning son of perennial leading sire Quality Road who hails from the female family of Pin Oak’s Sovereign Award winner Hasten to Add and Grade 1 winner See How She Runs. Fulsome, a multiple graded stakes winner by Into Mischief out of the Distorted Humor mare Flourish, a half-sister to Grade 1 winners Sightseek and Tates Creek, welcomed first foals in 2025. As did Pappacap, a Grade 2-winning juvenile by Gun Runner out of a graded stakes-placed Scat Daddy mare who also produced graded stakes winner Boppy O. Pinehurst, a multiple graded stakes winner at two and three by Twirling Candy, was represented by first yearlings at Keeneland September which included a $225,000 colt who sold to Seth Morris for Sabby Racing out of the Woods Edge Farm consignment.
For more information about Walmac’s stallions, contact Ken Wilkins at (859) 699-4887, by email at kwilkins@walmacfarm.com, or visit www.walmacfarm.com.