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.
This boy-meets-filly love affair began, from afar, a year ago- she at Tampa Bay Downs, me at The Meadowlands. It culminated recently, face to face, at Fair Grounds in New Orleans as part of a frivolous, same-day down-and-back trip from New Jersey.
The relationship began, as many do, for a shallow reason–not the adolescent or young adult kind of shallow: “I call the one with the blue eyes.” Rather, a brand of shallow that wiser, more mature people fall victim to: she broke her maiden ...
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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