Carolin von Rosenberg, D.V.M.

Born: 1962 in Hamburg, Germany
Residence: Ocala, Fla.
Family: son Marcus, age three
Education: Family moved to United States when she was 14 and settled in North Carolina ... Graduated veterinarian school at North Carolina State University in Raleigh in 1989
Professional Background: After earning her degree she moved to Ocala and worked for three years as staff veterinarian at Central Equine Hospital … Next spent three years as racetrack veterinarian in South Florida … Returned to Ocala in 1996 and established her own practice, concentrating on equine reproduction
Racing Background: Introduced to breeding when she met and married Lazaro Mata, a former client ... Mata was the owner of Buena Vista Farm in Northwest Marion County where he had bred quarter horses for two decades … Together the couple gradually moved into Thoroughbreds … Mata died in 2004
Breeding/Racing Operation: von Rosenberg continues to operate Buena Vista Farm … Farm boards show horses as well as Thoroughbreds … As many as 100 broodmares are at the 65-acre farm during breeding season, with von Rosenberg and her staff specializing in getting mares into foal … von Rosenberg owns six broodmares of her own, including Boldly’s Reflection, dam of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies contender Set Play … She purchased the mare in foal to Friendly Lover for $13,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ sale in October 2000 … Boldly’s Reflection was offered at the same auction both in 2005 and 2006 but was bought back by von Rosenberg on both occasions … Boldly’s Reflection is also the dam of multiple winner Red Sox Parade, by Running Stag. Originally raced by von Rosenberg, Red Sox Parade was claimed away from her … All of the offspring of von Rosenberg’s mares are offered for sale as weanlings or yearlings, including Set Play, purchased at the Ocala Breeders’ sale as a weanling in August 2006 … Top horses bred by von Rosenberg include Lawbreaker, a grade 2 winner who was briefly on the 2006 Kentucky Derby trail, and New York stakes winner Tani Maru … She maintains a small interest in three horses at the track at Remington Downs with trainer Joe Petalino.