Social Inclusion returns to Pennsylvania for 2027 breeding season

Social Inclusion was set to return to Pennsylvania for the 2027 breeding season, a move that mattered less as a sentimental homecoming than as a practical bet on a sire who has already proven useful to the state-bred program. He was slated to stand at Bonner Hill Farms in Littlestown, and the appeal was clear: his offspring have already delivered their strongest black-type results in Pennsylvania, giving breeders a familiar name with a track record that fits the regional market.

That matters because Social Inclusion is not arriving as an untested project. The son of Pioneerof the Nile had already stood in Pennsylvania from 2019 through 2021, and his résumé as a stallion included 79 winners, more than $9.3 million in progeny earnings and multiple stakes winners. His first winner, Social Exclusion, scored in a 2-year-old turf maiden at Gulfstream Park on July 1, 2020, and the line has since deepened enough to make his return feel like an extension of an existing program rather than a fresh gamble.

The best evidence for the comeback was Uncle Heavy. The Pennsylvania-bred colt, out of Expect Wonderful and bred by Barbara Reid, had earned $433,350 through the spring of 2026. He won the $200,000 Wait For It Stakes at Parx on Dec. 27, 2023, then added the $250,000 Withers Stakes-G3 at Aqueduct on Feb. 3, 2024 before running on to the Preakness trail. For a regional breeder, that is the kind of horse that changes the calculus: not just a winner, but one who can move from local stakes to graded company and keep the stallion’s name visible well beyond Pennsylvania.

Bonner Hill Farms gave Social Inclusion a base built for that kind of work. The Thoroughbred breeding farm sits at 1175 Teeter Rd., Littlestown, PA 17340, with six large fields, six smaller fields, a stallion paddock, a main stable with 12 stalls, an auxiliary stable with six stalls and an indoor arena. Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association, which oversees the Pennsylvania Breeding Fund and the registration, marketing and promotion of Pennsylvania-bred Thoroughbreds, kept its stallion roster actively updated, signaling that the state program was still leaning into proven sires as it tried to strengthen the in-state pipeline.

Social Inclusion’s own racing career helped explain why breeders kept coming back to him. He won his debut maiden by 7 1/2 lengths, added a 10-length allowance score and finished third in the Wood Memorial before running third behind California Chrome in the 2014 Preakness Stakes. That blend of early speed, stamina and class has not made him a headline stallion nationally, but in Pennsylvania it has already translated into usable runners. By 2027, his return could deepen the local book again, with the clearest gains likely to come from breeders looking for a sire whose best foals have already shown they can win in the state’s biggest races.