Brookmeade Stable

Brookmeade Stable
Former type	Thoroughbred Racing Stable & Horse breeding Farm
Industry	Thoroughbred Horse racing
Founded	1924
Defunct	1962
Headquarters	Upperville, Virginia
Key people	Isabel Dodge Sloane, owner Robert A. Smith, trainer J. Elliott Burch, trainer

Brookmeade Stable was a successful thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by Dodge Automobile heiress and socialite Isabel Dodge Sloane. Sloane first won using the name Brookmeade Stable at the Manly Memorial Steeplechase at Pimlico in 1924.

If 1929, Sloane divorced and expanded her interest in horse racing. She purchased 850 acres (3.4 km²) in Upperville, Virginia, again using the name Brookmeade Stable. Sloane later developed the estate into a breeding farm, Brookmeade Stud, producing several successful race horses, including Sword Dancer. Brookmeade Stable raced several other winning horses, including High Quest and Cavalcade.

Brookmeade's success allowed Sloane to become the first woman to lead the United States in race earning in 1934, with $251,138.

The stables of Brookmeade in Upperville, Virginia now constitute Lazy Lane Farms.

References

TIME magazine article of Monday, May 28, 1934 titled "Mrs. Sloane's Week"
Bowen, Edward L. Legacies of the Turf. Eclipse Press. ISBN 1-58150-102-1.

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