Stoneway Farm

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Stoneway Farm

Owner(s): Jim Stone
Born: Jan. 4, 1943 in Lexington, Ky. Went to Lafayette High School. His father worked for the electrical company that wired Keeneland when it was built in the 1930s ... Stone sold papers in the Keeneland barn area when he was 6 years old
Location: La Grange, Ky.
Professional Background: Stone is president of Mercer Transportation, a trucking company based in Louisville, Ky.
Racing Background: Originally purchased the land as a place to store heavy equipment in 1998, but was brought to the Keeneland sales by friends who convinced him to use some of the farm for horses ... He caught the bug and went on a great run right off the bat. His first four investments earned six figures either through racing or the sales ring
Racing Career: His first purchase, Added Time, won nearly $108,000 and hit the board in stakes races from 2000-01 ... She is the dam of his first Breeders' Cup starter Irish Smoke ... His most accomplished stakes winner was Proper Gamble – an earner of nearly $375,000 who won the G2 Beaumont Stakes and G3 Cicada Stakes in 2002
Breeding/Racing Operation: The farm is home to about 35 horses, with about a dozen broodmares. Among the farm's breeding success have been Magicalmysterykate, who sold in Nov. 2003 for $900,000, and Awe That, a stakes-place mare, who he sold in Jan. 2003 for $330,000 ... She went on to be the dam of 2006 Alcibiades winner Bel Air Beauty.

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