LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF
THOROUGHBRED RACING IN THE U.S. and is informally known
as the "Horse Capital of the World".
Many of the world's leading owners and
breeders have established farms in this "bluegrass region" of Kentucky. Keeneland
Racecourse and Sales Company are located
in Lexington.
Juddmonte Farms’ Lexington operation is
located just south of the city, with yearling
operations on Lemon’s Mill Road, and is
approximately 10 miles from Blue Grass
Airport. The farm consists of almost 2500 acres
of land. The manager is Garrett O'Rourke.
We stand three stallions in Lexington:
APTITUDE, EMPIRE MAKER –– both second
in the Kentucky Derby –– and MIZZEN MAST.
Moreover, Newmarket in Suffolk England is
the headquarters of British Racing. There
are around 2000 racehorses in Newmarket
spread between 66 racehorse trainers. The
two racecourses and training facilities extend
over 4500 acres and include 40 miles of turf
gallops and 17 miles of all-weather tracks.
Juddmonte’s Newmarket operation is
Banstead Manor Stud, which is situated on
the outskirts of the village of Cheveley, some
4 miles south of Newmarket.
The stud comprises 373 acres of land, of
which 50 are set aside for the stallion unit at
Banstead. The Stud operates on the successful ‘walking-in’ system for visiting mares.
Juddmonte bred 30 individual Group/Stakes
winners worldwide in 2006, including the
Group/Grade One winners CACIQUE,LATENT
HEAT, PASSAGE OF TIME, PRICE TAG and
the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner RAIL
LINK. The last three mentioned are all by
Juddmonte's successful young stallion
DANSILI, who was Champion sire in France
in 2006. He is being joined at Banstead
Manor in 2007 by his full brother CACIQUE.
HASILI, the dam of DANSILI, CACIQUE and
of course BANKS HILL, INTERCONTINENTAL
and HEAT HAZE, was named Broodmare of
the Year by the Thoroughbred Breeders'
Association. HASILI becomes the second
Juddmonte Broodmare to win this award,
following on from SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS –– the dam of COMMANDER IN CHIEF,
WARNING and YASHMAK. Juddmonte has
also been awarded the TBA Silver Rose Bowl
for the second time, which is a discretionary
award presented to Breeder of The Year.
Juddmonte has received 10 Eclipse Awards
to date, including Top Breeder Award in
1995, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and Top Owner
Award in 1992 and 2003.
Juddmonte has now bred 68 individual
Group/Grade One winners of 121 races.
