Mereworth Farm Preserved for Retired Racehorses

The 1,200-acre Lexington, Kentucky, farm will serve as a sanctuary for unwanted equines and retired racehorses.
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Mereworth Farm, a 1,200-acre farm in Lexington, Kentucky, used for generations as a nursery for over 170 stakes-winning Thoroughbreds, is continuing to make history as a sanctuary for unwanted equines and retired racehorses.

Officially christened in 1924 by Walter J. Salmon Sr., Mereworth Farm became one of the most famous names in the American Thoroughbred industry for two generations under his leadership and that of his son Walter J. Salmon, Jr. Walter Salmon won the Preakness Stakes three times in the 1920s, with Vigil (1923), Display (1926), and Mr. Freeland (1929), the latter two having been bred by Mereworth Farm.

Some of the most notable Mereworth-breds include U.S. racing hall of famers Battleship and Discovery.

Mereworth Farm’s impact on today’s Thoroughbred industry is still being felt; Discovery has left a lasting legacy through his daughters, who produced Native Dancer, Bold Ruler and Bed o’Roses. Without him, there would be no Northern Dancer, Nijinsky, Alydar, Mr. Prospector, Bold Ruler, Secretariat, Seattle Slew or Spectacular Bid

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