There is no farm with a prouder, more dedicated or more proven sense of tradition than Runnymede Farm. The 365-acre nursery nestled sweetly in Bourbon County has produced winners for more than three centuries.
The transformation reached a critical stage when Lady Eli, the champion mare who heroically returned to Grade 1 glory after battling back from an attack of laminitis that could have killed her, lay down in her deeply bedded stall to give birth to her first foal on March 21.
Hill ‘n’ Dale owner John Sikura and farm manager John Rasmussen already had been experiencing waves of anxiety about this moment. As Rasmussen succinctly noted, “It’s always life and death when you have a foaling — ...
Grade I winner Collected (City Zip–Helena Bay {GB}, by Johannesburg) will begin his stallion career at Airdrie Stud for the 2019 breeding season, the farm announced Monday. Bred in Kentucky by Runnymede Farm Inc. and Peter J. Callahan and raced in the silks of Peter Fluor and K.C. Weiner’s Speedway Stable LLC, the Bob Baffert trainee was an Eclipse Award finalist for Champion Older Male in 2017, a season highlighted by his victory over champion stablemate Arrogate (Unbridled’s ...
TDN 8/24/2017
By Jessica Martini
“Inside the Winner’s Circle, Presented by Keeneland” is a series showcasing graduates of the Keeneland September sale that have gone on to achieve success on racing’s biggest stages.
When Collected (City Zip) gamely held off the late-rushing heavy favorite Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song) in last Saturday’s GI TVG Pacific Classic, it was the culmination of three generations of work for the team at the historic ...
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