Fields of Dreams
At Three Chimneys, horses are guaranteed to ride into the sunset
VERSAILLES — In December, life on Central Kentucky's Thoroughbred farms slows down. At Three Chimneys Farm, stallions return from the Southern Hemisphere to reacquaint themselves with winter.
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At Lane's End, who's more important, the stallion or the mare?
VERSAILLES — In November, Central Kentucky horse farms can seem like a very expensive version of middle-school matchmaking. Nowhere is this magic dance more apparent than at Lane's End Farm.
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Video: Juddmonte Farms is unique for breeding multiple victorious horses
Breeders' Cup champions Intercontinental and Ventura share a field at Juddmonte Farms in Kentucky. Juddmonte has bred a record 65 starters so far in the championships.
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For Lantern Hill Farm, September sale is 'almost everything'
For most Kentucky horse farms, the goal is not breeding a million-dollar sale topper or a future Derby winner. "Most of us doing this for a living, if we can sell horses and make a little money, we're happy with that," said Suzi Shoemaker, owner of Lantern Hill Farm in Midway. "It's not headline-...
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At Taylor Made, a careful calculus of finding the right horse
Taylor Made, a 1,200-acre family operation in Jessamine County, will sell more horses than any other consignor in the world this year. At Keeneland's annual bellwether September yearling sale, which begins in two weeks, Taylor Made will market about 345 yearlings — not quite 10 percent of the...
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At fabled Claiborne Farm, yearling training is kindergarten for horses
PARIS — To horse fans, July is tourist season at Claiborne Farm. For yearlings, it's boot camp. This year, Claiborne will send about 50 yearlings to the sales and these 50 are expected to represent the gold silks with distinction. But first, they have to be trained.
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Small farms like Runnymede are essential to the equine industry
According to a survey conducted last year by state government researchers, about two-thirds of Kentucky Thoroughbred farms are 250 acres or less, with 50 or fewer horses. The horses at those small farms account for about one-fourth of the total Thoroughbred population, which points to the symbiotic...
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Darley farm hopes for Triple Crown winner as one rests on grounds
In two weeks, Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another will take his shot at equine immortality in the Belmont Stakes. If he succeeds, racing will be looking for the second coming of Camelot. The hope: that a Triple Crown winner could revive a limping sport. But the odds are long.
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At Adena Springs, a paddock of lanky foals is sure sign of spring
PARIS — It's March, and Adena Springs, the leading Thoroughbred breeding farm nine years in a row, looks like a nursery, with long-legged, fuzzy foals peeking with big eyes around protective mamas.
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At Spendthrift, it all begins in the breeding shed
If horse farms are factories, as the late visionary breeder John Gaines suggested, then this is where the assembly line begins: the breeding shed. Making horses is a prosaic business. There is no moonlight, and the only roses are the ones in breeders' wistful imaginations. Despite the storied history...
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Videos: Inside look at Spendthrift Farm, more
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Spendthrift's breeding operations. See more video.
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Peaceful winters at Mill Ridge Farm busy with preparations for foaling season
This is the first in a monthly series looking at a year in the unique economic ecosystem that is life on Central Kentucky's Thoroughbred horse farms. Each month through 2012, we will visit a different Central Kentucky farm to chronicle the life cycle of the Bluegrass' signature industry
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