Lane's End Farm
Lane's End Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Versailles, Kentucky established in 1979. The original land was part of Bosque Bonita Farm which means beautiful woods and was originally owned by Abraham Buford, a Confederate Army General. The land was later bought by leading horseman, John H. Morris.
Leamington, sire of Aristides, winner of the first Kentucky Derby, stood at stud at Bosque Bonita Farm in 1866.
In 1875, General George Custer came to Bosque Bonita Farm to buy cavalry remounts before the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Present day
The farm is currently owned by the Farish family.
The farm has been home to a number of famous horses including 1987 Belmont Stakes winner Bet Twice, 1999 Preakness Stakes winner Charismatic, 1999 Belmont Stakes winner Lemon Drop Kid, Law Society, 1992 Belmont Stakes winner A. P. Indy, 1990 Preakness Stakes winner Summer Squall, 2003 Canadian Triple Crown winner Wando, and 2006 U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly Wait A While. Curlin, the 2007 Preakness and Breeders' Cup Classic winner, U.S. Horse of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and the leading money-winner in North American Thoroughbred racing history, now stands as a stallion at Lane's End. Zenyatta also, the only mare to win the Breeders Cup Classic, the only horse to win two different Breeders Cup events,and one of the leading U.S. money earners resides there.
As of 2013, the current stallion roster is:
- A. P. Indy
- After Market
- Aragorn
- Belong to Me
- Candy Ride (ARG)
- City Zip
- Curlin
- Discreetly Mine
- Langfuhr
- Lemon Drop Kid
- Mineshaft
- Mingun
- Pleasantly Perfect
- Quality Road
- Rock Hard Ten
- Smart Strike
- Stephen Got Even
- Union Rags
Lane's End Farm has another stallion division in Texas and just added top sprinter Too Much Bling to their stallion roster in 2007.
Upon the retirement of 2007 2yr. old champion War Pass (deceased 12/24/2010), he will then join the list of stallions at Lanes End.
On November 17, 2010 it was announced that champion Zenyatta (Who ended that year with a 19-1 record), would retire and live out the rest of her life as a broodmare at Lane's End Farm.
The farm was also home to a Springer Spaniel dog named Tug, who in 1989 mated with Millie, the famous White House dog owned by President George H. W. Bush. One of their pups, a female named Spot Fetcher, was born in the White House and later returned to live there with President George W. Bush. Another pup from the same litter, named Ranger, died in May 1993.
References
Further reading
- Patton, Janet (November 25, 2012). "At Lane's End, who's more important, the stallion or the mare?". Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington: The McClatchy Company).
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Coordinates: 38°05′49″N 84°42′55″W / 38.09694°N 84.71528°W