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Ever since Runnymede was founded in 1867, the farm has been a vital part of the Thoroughbred industry. The farm was originally established on family property by Colonel Ezekiel Clay, whose father was a member of the United States Congress and a breeder of Thoroughbreds and champion cattle.
The nursery holds the distinct honor of being the oldest continuously operated Thoroughbred breeding farm in Kentucky, according to the Daughters of the American Revolution. Runnymede is now the domain of Catesby W. Clay, a grandson of Col. Clay and one of the most respected breeders in the business. Although the breeding, raising and selling of horses has changed markedly in the nearly 150 years since the farm was founded, Runnymede’s commitment to quality has never wavered. Even today, Catesby Clay and his son, Runnymede President Brutus J. Clay III, remain true to the beliefs and principles utilized by generations of their family in hopes of breeding and raising the best horses possible.
Home of SACRE COEUR, mother of LADY ELI, Grade I winner of the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Since 2007, Runnymede has also bred and raised four other horses that have hit the board in Breeders’ Cup races. Other notable champions include bred and raised MAGE (Kentucky Derby), DORNOCH (Belmont Stakes), BEN BRUSH (Kentucky Derby) and HANOVER (Belmont Stakes by 15 lengths), two stallions found in the pedigree of nearly every Classic winner in the last 50 years. Runnymede continues to write new chapters worthy of its storied past.
