Claiborne Farm Tour

[@danonfrear9887]

If I'm not mistaken Claiborne's Champion Lure was in stall One when he retired but he had infertility problems....Why did they take his nameplate off?

[@RodRagazzo]

I’m a little surprised at Secretariat’s somewhat pedestrian grave site. After all, Secretariat was known by many as the GREATEST ATHLETE in HISTORY, not just the greatest throughbred racehorse! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@danonfrear9887]

One thing I notice is Claiborne has no statutes of any of their great horses.....I know they moved Champion Lure to another area I think Marchmont or Cherry Valley when he couldn't produce

[@vickykirts7956]

I'm impressed that they keep so many retirees

[@leonslionessnz6948]

Beautiful farm. The horses are so well taken care of and treasured.

[@jayirani5787]

Outstanding Tour .I learnt so much .Thank you John .Your encyclopaedic knowledge of Racing and Breeding Stats is really impressive

[@Cgh432]

I just found this video it was excellent 👍💥 thank you John 👍

[@angelaklinger2951]

Love the tour of Claiborne. Thank you so much 🏇❤️

[@sczen]

GREAT TOUR!! Thank you very Much!!~ & Secretariat!! 2nd Greatest ever..maybe! Well 2nd since 1900~

[@lillywildcraft6187]

2nd? Secretariat was the best horse ever! And he still is!

[@mike.j3913]

Secretariat is #1 by himself no horse is even close to him

[@susanfancher2752]

Wonderful, informative tour; gorgeous stallions! Keep safe; keep well! Susan Fancher (Louisville born) Carlsbad, CA

[@georgiagirl1961]

Thanks. Glad I found this video.

[@RosebudBB]

Very enjoyable from what I could see and what I could hear.

[@shopahauliquewithjacquelin7025]

War Front is very petite. He is not showing his age at all. He has a very handsome face. It would be interesting to see him standing side by side with Flatter, but then there would be a war front. No one wants that.

[@brandonjodrey2319]

Who your favorite Horses

[@brendawiles647]

kentucky is so gorgeous

[@brandiheitmann4522]

What was Secretariat’s stud fee? And what would that equate to today?

[@meganproffitt424]

His stud fee was $70,000 (which would be War Front's stud fee today)

[@brendawiles647]

Did i hear you say War Front is a descendant of Man O War?

[@richardgross5852]

In the cemetery: Are they cremated, buried whole or head/hooves/heart?

[@suzanneyoung8011]

The older ones are head, hooves and heart. Beginning with Secretariat in 1989, he was buried whole in a wooden casket with a Claiborne yellow colored lining. Swale, Round Table, Nijinski II and Mr. Prospector were buried whole. I don't know about the newer burials there but around 2012 Kentucky began requiring that horses be cremated. There is another video of the Marchmont division cemetery that explains this.

[@thesnowleopard8599]

@@suzanneyoung8011 Thank you, Suzanne.

[@suzanneyoung8011]

@@thesnowleopard8599 you're welcome. 🙂

[@dragonwithcoffee5686]

Suzanne Young I actually heard for research purposes, they had taken off secretariats hooves to research about laminitis, and other than that I know secretariats whole rest of his body is resting peacefully, I miss you so much big red

[@robertmitchell9529]

Since Zenyatta lost to Blame bu just a nose, she should of been bred to him once just to see how that foal would of turned out. Seems like Zenyatta is having some bad luck with her foals surviving the last few years. I pray that her production of healthy foals come to her.

[@meganproffitt424]

She has 4 healthy offspring.

[@RosebudBB]

Why peppermint instead of carrots?

[@shopahauliquewithjacquelin7025]

Blame likes that cool sting you get when you drink after a mint. He's a smart one.

[@brendawiles647]

SLICE OF HEAVEN

[@brendawiles647]

i love that horse. got some kind of attitude

[@secretariatgirl4249]

I went 4 years ago and the only thing that bugged me was that Secretariat's modest grave was in front of an air conditioner stuck into the wall of the building! Certainly not as dignified as the tomb of Man 'O War at the Ky Horse Park! The breeding barn is so simple compared to the one at Winstar with viewing boxes...ugh! (Clarification: the UGH is for the Winstar viewing boxes, not Claiborne's breeding barn...)

[@suzanneyoung8011]

Well if you noticed in this video that air conditioner unit is no longer behind Secretariat's grave. You can't compare this to Man O' War's monument. That was constructed over 70 years ago at Idle Hour Farm where he stood at stud, and it was later moved to the Kentucky Horse Park. If you've been there then you know that a very large statue of Secretariat is there to honor him as well. Regarding the Claiborne breeding shed, that is hallowed ground you're criticizing there. There have probably been more champions, classic winners, leading sires, leading broodmare sires and prestigious broodmares that have shaped the breed worldwide either bred or conceived in that breeding shed than in any other one in the world. Not even Calumet compares since their heydey ended over 30 years ago. Claiborne has been a very successful breeding farm for over a hundred years. Their traditions and the old barns are very important to them. All are maintained in immaculate condition. Why change what works? To compare them to WinStar is like sacrilege. WinStar is a fine operation and very successful. But it was started in the two thousands, and the buildings are new. It's a first generation, new money operation. Whereas, Claiborne is owned and operated by the fourth generation of Hancocks in its original location. Suggest you read up on the history of the breed in Kentucky and the pedigrees to better acquaint yourself with it.

[@secretariatgirl4249]

@@suzanneyoung8011 I wasn't clear...the UGH was for the WINSTAR Barn....with the viewing area! That breeding place was like a factory! That "viewing box" creeped me out...it was so sterile and business-like. Just gave me an odd feeling. I loved Claiborne and after the tour I lingered...didn't want to leave. The breeding barn was simple and seemed personal and private. I could imagine Secretariat in there. I was in awe. And I'm glad they got rid of the A/C unit behind Big Red....Claiborne is lovely and the guide let me take a rose from a bouquet at the grave home which I still have in a glass jar as part of my Secretariat shrine...Secretariat got me through as my mother was dying, so visiting Claiborne and his grave was emotionally very important for me...one of the high points of my life...along with being at his birthplace on the anniversary of his death only a few days before I got to Claiborne...and having the author of Secretariat's Meadow (Leanne Ladin) leave up the big life-size "banner" of him up for me to see even as the fair was being dismantled...and giving me a personal tour of the barns and the foaling shed....Seelng his playground as a baby and the river where he escaped to and swam in was really something...

[@robertmitchell9529]

I noticed that too! Thought for sure he'd have some special type of shrine for him. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@secretariatgirl4249]

@@robertmitchell9529 Well, at the KY horse park his statue is right at the entrance...if you turn left, there is a long promenade bordered by trees...it reminded of a place in Europe...at the end is the MoW area. I can almost imagine Secretariat and MOW coming down from their pedestals at night when no one is there and meeting in the middle of that promenade.

[@robertmitchell9529]

@@secretariatgirl4249 Wow...

[@brendawiles647]

my kinda horse

[@lespangen]

Ironicus is gorgeous 😬 sadly neither of Zenyatta’s foals by War Front survived 😡

[@sczen]

Man O' War=Greatest Stallion,too!~ He sired a Champion in Every category that there is. Unreal "line"~ ALL Top hrses come down from MO'W or his little brother-Display. All down from that Great FAIR PLAY line!!~ ;) No joke~

[@lespangen]

catholic boy used to stand at Claiborne : has he been retired?

[@hannahwebb4846]

I think he may have been purchased and transferred to another stud, but I may be wrong.

[@meganray5399]

Go runhappy

[@sczen]

AP INDY....son of the Great 'Slew!!~ :)

[@RosebudBB]

Hard to hear everything he's saying