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On October 11, 2013, Haras Don Alberto paid $13.82 million for Dr. Tom Simon's 417-acre Vinery Stud in Lexington, Kentucky. [1] The purchase increased the farm's American holdings to 1300 acres. [3] Later that year, Haras Don Alberto was the leading buyer by expenditures at the Keeneland November Bloodstock Sale, purchasing 32 horses for $10.64 ...
A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud" comes from the Old English stod meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding". [1] Historically, documentation of the breedings that occur on a stud farm leads to the development of a stud book. Male animals made ...
The Adena Springs South farm is located in Williston, Florida, which is north of Ocala and was established in 1996 when the initial 453 acres (183 ha) were purchased, with an additional 1,050 acres (420 ha) added in 1999. The Florida facility now has 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) and in addition to housing several stallions, it is where the young ...
Elmendorf Farm is a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, involved with horse racing since the 19th century. Once the North Elkhorn Farm, many owners and tenants have occupied the area, even during the American Civil War. Most of the land acquired during Haggin's era has since been sold off to neighboring stud farms, but ...
A stud fee is a price paid by the owner of a female animal, such as a horse or a dog, to the owner of a male animal for the right to breed to it.Service fees can range from a small amount for a local male animal of unknown breeding to several hundred thousand dollars for the right to breed a champion Thoroughbred race horse such as Storm Cat, who has earned stud fees of up to US $500,000.
Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W. Galbreath. [1] Named for the creek and for Galbreath's son, Daniel M. Galbreath (1928–1995), it was expanded from an original 85-acre (340,000 m 2 ) farm into a 4,000 acre (16 ...
Windfields Farm in Ontario is the birthplace of racing great and champion sire Northern Dancer, winner of the 1964 Kentucky Derby, in stakes record time, the Preakness Stakes, and the Queen's Plate. Northern Dancer was retired after the 1964 racing season and started a career at stud .
Although WinStar is known primarily as a stud farm, they have also raced several notable horses under WinStar's colors. Justify, winner of the 2018 Triple Crown, a son of Scat Daddy, purchased at the 2015 Keeneland sales for $500,000 [18] Bluegrass Cat, won the 2006 Haskell Invitational and was second in the Derby, a homebred by Storm Cat