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Windfields Farm was a six square kilometre (1,500 acre) Thoroughbred horse breeding farm that was founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Origin [ edit ]
Pages in category "Horse farms in Canada" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Windfields Farm (Ontario) This page was ...
Kinghaven Farms is a horse racing stable that was founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot.Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a 660-acre (2.7 km 2) farm and training center near Ocala, Florida.
The first Adena Springs location was a 640 acres (260 ha) farm near Versailles, Kentucky, purchased in 1989. The farm was named after the Adena, who were the earliest known inhabitants of the region. Adena Springs Kentucky expanded to its current 2,000 acres (810 ha) facility located in Bourbon County near Paris, Kentucky in 2005.
One Sam-Son horse (Canadian Club) won the 1967 Pan-American Games Individual Jumping Gold Medal and was a member of the 1968 Team Gold Medal for Canada at the Mexico Olympics (ridden by Jim Day). Sam-Son continued to send entries to international show jumping, dressage and three-day eventing events, including the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and ...
The Holland Marsh is a wetland and agricultural area in Ontario, Canada, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Toronto. [1] It lies entirely within the valley of the Holland River , stretching from the northern edge of the Oak Ridges Moraine near Schomberg to the river mouth at Cook's Bay , Lake Simcoe .
Waterloo Park officially opened on August 7, 1893, then called West Side Park, following the purchase of Jacob Eby's 25 hectare farm in 1890. [2] Situated on a slope near Silver Lake, the land was acquired from Eby's widow the Village of Waterloo for $74/acre. [3] [2] The land included Eby's farmhouse and existing orchards.
Further parcels of land on the site were placed for sale by the provincial government in 2021, with community groups again organizing to oppose the sale. [21] Several community reunions were held in the 1990s and 2000s. [3] An Ontario Heritage Trust plaque was unveiled at the site on August 6, 2006. [5]