Kinghaven Farms
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Kinghaven Farms is a thoroughbred horse racing stable 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 farm and training center near Ocala, Florida.
One of the most decorated racing stables in Canadian history, on five occasions it won Canada's most important horse race, the Queen's Plate. Trainer Roger Attfield, who joined the stable in 1985, won four of them.
Since inception, Kinghaven Farms has bred or raced more than 150 stakes race winners, including back-to-back Canadian Triple Crown champions Izvestia and With Approval in 1989 and 1990. At its peak, Kinghaven Farms had 250 horses including nearly 100 broodmares and owned syndicate shares in close to two dozen top stallions standing at Kentucky stud farms. The stable has earned 30 Sovereign Awards including champion breeder on nine occasions plus another five as champion owner.
Following the death of Bud Willmot in 1994, his son David Willmot, current Chairman and CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group, has been in charge of Kinghaven Farms.
