The Clay family and their Runnymede Farm have been recognized as the Member of the Month for June by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association....more
My second and final day on this Royal Ascot trip was all about reaching out to Runnymede’s newly established partners while reaffirming the bond with some of our most longstanding and valued partners. Royal Ascot lures the Who’s Who of Thoroughbred racing worldwide, and in one day you can run into everybody you need to know in the business, writes Joe Clay as his he concludes his blog....more
The first day of Royal Ascot was nothing short of amazing, with all the glory invoked by the regal name of the festival, Joe Clay writes in the second installment of his blog....more
Joe Clay, son of Runnymede Chairman Catesby W. Clay and brother of farm President Brutus Clay, is making his annual foray to Royal Ascot and is sending back his impressions of one of the world's greatest racing festivals while representing Runnymede. In his first entry, he writes:
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With group stakes performances in three countries to his credit, Runnymede homebred Archbishop returned to the farm on February 22 after a long journey from Europe....more
What is the best Valentine's Day gift? A beautiful and perfect foal, of course....more
Silver Sycamore, a five-year-old daughter of Exchange Rate that we own in partnership with Chris Zinkhan, produced our first foal of 2014 when she delivered a healthy chestnut colt by Galileo's multiple Group 1-winning son Nathaniel on January 31 at Watership Down Stud in England....more
Jonesy Boy surged from last to first to win the $100,000 Queens County Stakes at snowy Aqueduct on December 14, becoming the latest in a string of prominent stakes horses we bred from our late broodmare Romp and Stomp....more
Romain Malhouitre, a former manager with Dixiana and Woods Edge Farms, has been named vice president and general manager of Runnymede Farm Inc., effective immediately....more
Runnymede-bred and -owned Adventure, a 12-year-old daughter of Unbridled's Song who already has produced Irish Group 2 winner and classic-placed Laughing Lashes, brought a final bid of 260,000 guineas (approximately $447,463) during Tattersalls' mare sale in Newmarket on December 3....more