Baltimore County, Maryland
Client: Kevin Plank
Acreage: 250
Completed: Ongoing

Since founded, Sagamore Farm has held international recognition as a premier breeding and training ground in the thoroughbred industry. The farm's most famous equine resident of the farm was Native Dancer. Known to the public at large as the Galloping Grey Ghost, Native Dancer went 21 for 22 during his racing career which spanned from 1952 to 1954. Considered one of the greatest race horses of all time, he embodies all the farm was and will be. Kevin Plank, CEO of UnderArmour sportswear, who purchased the farm in 2007, was clear about his goal for the farm. Saying simply, "We are looking for winners, period. That's our only goal."

Partnering with Blackburn Architects, McKee Carson provided project direction, visioning, and site design services for the restoration and renovation of the facilities at Sagamore to meet the needs of a modern equine facility. With a careful eye and a measured respect for the history of the farm McKee Carson sought to reveal rather than create, with the recognition that the significance of Sagamore Farm is in the physical elements that constitute the farm and tie it to its past.