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	Seattle Slew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The horse, who had recovered from his cough as a three year old, took a turn for the worse in January 1978 in Florida.
		Along with his two-year old title in 1976, he earned best three year old and the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year honors for 1977, best older horse in 1978, and was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1981.
		In retirement, Seattle Slew stood at stud at the Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seattle_Slew (1827 words)

	Three Chimneys Farm - Information and Booking
		Three Chimneys Farm is located in the heart of the Kentish Weald, ten miles southeast of Royal Tunbridge.
		Three Chimneys Farm was a traditional Kent hop farm, dating from the 16th Century.
		Three Chimneys is still a working farm, with many sheep and cattle grazing in the fields.
	www.threechimneysfarm.co.uk /english_info.html (428 words)

	ESPN.com - The season for selling seasons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thoroughbred farms throughout central Kentucky are hosting everything from casual coffee-and-tea gatherings to elaborate soirees, with the goal of wooing horse-owning clients into breeding their mares to the farm's stallions.
		Three Chimneys is preparing a four-hour open house, inviting clients "to come and enjoy jambalaya and muffaletta." In the process, the clients will be introduced to new stallion arrivals Point Given and Albert the Great, and reintroduced to War Chant, who arrived at the farm last December.
		Farms offer colorful, well-planned brochures to advertise their stallions, and a few farms have even conducted drawings for free stallion seasons.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1290539&type=columnist (679 words)

	EWC Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Her boss, Dr. James Morehead, was the veterinarian for many horse farms in Lexington, but the one that he is the main vet for is Three Chimneys Farm.
		"One mare from Three Chimneys sold for $5-6 million, and one of the babies I x-rayed sold for between $2-3 million." Most of the work she did was during the breeding season, and working with the colts.
		Three Chimneys Farm is home to nearly 350 mares and at least a dozen stallions.
	ewcweb.ewc.whecn.edu /pr/2003-04/press/pr040320.html (551 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Smarty's stud fee set at $100,000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The farm has been inundated with requests from breeders to cross their mares with the chestnut colt, who won eight of nine starts and more than $7 million in his racing career.
		This week, the farm started offering four-year contracts, so breeders will be guaranteed a season to the horse in each of his first four years at stud.
		Three Chimneys said it has several high-quality mares lined up to mate with Smarty, including numerous Grade 1 winners.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040909-1439-rac-smartyjones-studfee.html (236 words)

	HBS Alumni Bulletin
		Finally, Three Chimneys manages the breeding rights for eight stallions, which Clay cites as the segment of his business with the highest profile and greatest returns.
		In 1984 our family sold the company to Cargill, and I moved to the farm full time.” Today Three Chimneys employs 140 and encompasses 1,800 acres spread over six parcels of land: four are dedicated to mares and foals, one to yearlings, and the last to the farm’s stallion business.
		As focused as he may be on the day-to-day business of Three Chimneys, Clay sits on numerous industry boards and is widely regarded for his role in uniting a fragmented industry through the creation in 1998 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, an advocacy group that promotes the sport.
	www.alumni.hbs.edu /bulletin/2005/march/profile.html (1900 words)

	Kentucky Ag Connection - Kentucky Derby Winner Smarty Jones Now a Father (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Three Chimneys Farm, Smarty's home, announced Tuesday that Smarty's first foal was born shortly after midnight.
		Although the filly hasn't been named, and Stone Farm won't until it decides whether to keep or sell her, Hancock said he was intrigued by one name suggestion sent in an e-mail: Smart Shopper.
		Although Smarty Jones' championship run in 2004 was perceived as blue-collar by many fans, those who run Three Chimneys insist he has an immensely impressive bloodline and expect him to be an excellent stallion.
	www.kentuckyagconnection.com /story-state.cfm?Id=19&yr=2006 (248 words)

	Go Smarty Go -- To Stud at Three Chimneys Farm - bloodhorse.com
		The retirement announcement from owners Roy and Pat Chapman issued through Three Chimneys said Smarty Jones has been found to have "chronic bruising of the bottom of the cannon bone in all four fetlock joints," leading to the decision to retire the colt.
		Three Chimneys owner Robert Clay said the stud fee has not been set for Smarty Jones.
		Other classic winners at Three Chimneys are Silver Charm, the fifth-leading North American runner and a near-Triple Crown winner, and Point Given, 2001 Horse of the Year and also winner of two-thirds of racing's Triple Crown.
	news.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=23665 (1581 words)

	The Best Of Kentucky - CBS News
		Three Chimneys Farm outside Lexington was home to Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew until his death earlier this month - a fitting retirement spot for one of the most successful stallions in horse-racing history.
		Horse breeders will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to mate their mares with a top stallion, which is where farms like Three Chimneys come in - a sort of very elaborate and expensive matchmaking service.
		Three of his creations are in the Smithsonian.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/05/30/earlyshow/living/travel/main510604.shtml (565 words)

	Smarty Jones still has fans in retirement - Horse Racing - MSNBC.com
		Three Chimneys already was a prominent thoroughbred farm before Smarty arrived.
		Seattle Slew lived at the farm for 17 years before his death in 2002 and plenty of fans visited the 1977 Triple Crown winner.
		Since Smarty’s arrival on Aug. 16, Three Chimneys has enlarged its parking lot, built an addition to a house to serve as a visitors center and hired a full-time person to handle matters related to Smarty.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7680565/page/2 (706 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Horse racing news / Smarty Jones to stand as stallion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Three Chimneys was the longtime home of the late 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew.
		Three Chimneys' president Dan Rosenberg was nearly lost for words.
		Three Chimneys offers tours three days a week from March through November.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/horse_racing/articles/2004/06/25/smarty_jones_to_stand_as_stallion (605 words)

	USATODAY.com - Three Chimneys Farm to welcome Point Given (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Dan Rosenberg, the farm's president, said the stud fee was "competitive and appropriate for a horse of his stature."
		Point Given will arrive at Three Chimneys Farm near Lexington in the next few weeks and will begin his breeding career in the 2002 season.
		Clay noted the significance of his farm's lineup of racing champions.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/horses/stories/2001-09-09-point-3chimneys.htm (510 words)

	The Enquirer - Smarty's living good life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Three pieces of straw from Smarty Jones' stall at Three Chimneys Farm.
		Three Chimneys marketing director Margaret Layton said that the eBay entrepreneur was a visitor who had asked Smarty's groom, Ruben Ramos, for a handful of straw - and then tried to sell nine packets of three pieces.
		Three Chimneys will host a luncheon Thursday to accommodate all the visiting Derby media.
	news.enquirer.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050501/SPT/505010436/1078/rss12 (813 words)

	Sports briefs: Smarty Jones deal done (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After months of searching, owners Pat and Roy Chapman decided yesterday that their Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner's next home will be on the 1,500-acre farm near Midway, Ky., in the heart of Bluegrass country.
		In winning a bidding war with other top farms in central Kentucky, Three Chimneys will purchase and syndicate a 50 percent interest in Smarty Jones, while the Chapmans will retain a 50 percent interest.
		The University of Massachusetts agreed to suspend coach Don Brown for this season's first three games and issued a public apology to Northeastern for recruiting and hiring him away, all part of a settlement ending a lawsuit.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04178/337854.stm (600 words)

	Smarty Jones' Fee Set at $100,000 \| bloodhorse.com
		Three Chimneys Farm owner Robert N. Clay announced Thursday the initial stud fee for dual classic winner Smarty Jones will be $100,000, payable Sept. 1, 2005.
		We have a regular tour almost every day that is limited to 40 people, and he's had additional appointments with breeders who are making their decisions about what stallion to breed their mare to in 2005.
		Three Chimneys purchased a 50% interest in Smarty Jones from the Chapmans in June.
	www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=24226 (566 words)

	Smarty's fans stay on - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Three Chimneys and nine competing Kentucky farms recruited Smarty and owners Roy and Patricia Chapman as relentlessly as a college coach recruits high school all-Americans.
		The farm and syndicate agreed not to shuttle the horse to the Southern Hemisphere for a fall breeding season.
		Rosenberg said a judgment on Smarty's ability to transmit the strength of his bloodline cannot be made for five years, after his first two crops of 2-year-olds have raced for a complete season.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_330301.html (756 words)

	Smarty settles in at new home (phillyBurbs.com) \| Other Sports
		Three Chimneys offers tours by appointment four days a week, and Clay figures he'll need to add extra parking to accommodate the new visitors.
		Three Chimneys' stallion manager, Sandy Hatfield, had not seen Smarty Jones before his arrival.
		Hatfield said Smarty would be put in the farm's round pen later Monday and could be out in the fields as early as today.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/47-08172004-349525.html (656 words)

	'Smarty' put out to stud
		The way to rehabilitate such injuries is to send the horse to a farm, where exercise can be constant but natural and the bones can remold themselves.
		Because it would take about three months on a farm and then another three or four months of training before Smarty Jones would be ready to race again, the Chapmans decided to retire him now after consulting with other veterinarians and officials at Three Chimneys Farm.
		Smarty Jones likely will be paraded at Philadelphia Park and perhaps at one other track before being sent to Three Chimneys Farm, where he will occupy the stall of Seattle Slew, who won the Triple Crown in 1977 and was the only horse to do it while undefeated.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/03/SPGOP81MQR1.DTL&type=printable (948 words)

	Smarty Jones a daddy now
		Three Chimneys, Smarty's home, announced yesterday that his first foal was born shortly after midnight at Stone Farm, just outside Paris, Ky. The bay filly's mother is Shoppingwithbetty, whose sire, Danzig, was euthanized last week.
		Although the newborn filly hasn't been named — Stone Farm won't do so until it decides whether to keep or sell her — Hancock said he's intrigued by one suggestion he received in an e-mail: Smart Shopper.
		Although Smarty Jones was perceived as blue-collar by many fans during his thrilling campaign two years ago, those who run Three Chimneys gush about his bloodline and predict he'll be an excellent stallion.
	www.courier-journal.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/SPORTS08/60111002/1037 (263 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Exhausted Smarty Jones getting job done, again
		Rosenberg said that X-rays and ultrasound treatments at the farm have shown that beyond the bruising, which has healed, Smarty had sustained cartilage damage in both front ankles, which was not detected at the time of his retirement.
		Three Chimneys hosts what amount to Smarty tours five days a week.
		Three Chimneys staff was surprised recently to see straw from his stall for sale on eBay.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050506-9999-1s6derby.html (759 words)

	Remodeling : Homes / Districts : Lexington : Home & Garden Television
		He purchased Three Chimneys Farm in 1972, and brought it back from the brink of disaster.
		The farm had become a commune of sorts, with no resident owners, no working electricity or plumbing, and a dirt floor in the back.
		Clay and a carpenter spent the next year making the farm livable, and added a Federal-style front portico in 1995, complete with the columns and banister railings that were common in the 1820s.
	www.hgtv.com /hgtv/rm_restoration_homes_areas/article/0,1797,HGTV_3787_1378908,00.html (586 words)

	Grade I Winner Sky Mesa Retired; Fee $30,000 - bloodhorse.com
		John C. Oxley announced that his grade I winner Sky Mesa is being retired from racing to stand at Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky., for a fee of $30,000 live foal.
		At three, Sky Mesa was third in his first start of the year, the Dwyer Stakes (gr.
		Sky Mesa is scheduled to arrive at Three Chimneys Sept. 26.
	breeding.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=18196 (422 words)

	Three Chimneys Farm Bed & Breakfast
		Set at the end of a one mile long farm track in a very rural and peaceful location Three Chimneys Farm is an ideal base from which to explore the abundance of attractions in the South East.
		Being a working livestock farm and the home of Jane, James, Katie and little Lucy, the house offers comfortable, simple and stylish accommodation.
		A put-you-up bed is available in one room at an extra £15 per night, but only for close friends or a child.
	www.threechimneysfm.f9.co.uk (191 words)

	Gainsborough Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Roy and Pat Chapman today announced that their 3-year-old superstar Smarty Jones will stand at Three Chimneys Farm, near Midway, KY at the end of his racing career.
		Three Chimneys will purchase and syndicate a fifty percent interest in the horse, and the Chapmans will retain fifty percent.
		The Pennsylvania-bred son of Elusive Quality scored his sixth straight win and placed owner-breeder Someday Farm in position to a earn a $5-million bonus from Oaklawn if the chestnut colt wins the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 1 to go with his victories in the Rebel Stakes and Arkansas Derby.
	www.gainsboroughfarm.com /elusive-quality-news-smarty.shtml (2128 words)

	It's Official: Smarty Jones to Three Chimneys \| bloodhorse.com
		According to Robert N. Clay, owner of Three Chimneys, there will be 60 shares in Smarty Jones with the Chapmans retaining 30 shares.
		The farms were expected to meet certain parameters set down by the Chapmans before they came to the table.
		Three Chimneys was home to Seattle Slew, the only undefeated Triple Crown winner in history, for 17 years.
	www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=23128 (1436 words)

	Real Racing
		And the $40 million valuation (per the apparent sale of 50% to Three Chimneys Farm for $20 million) simply does not add up.even for the most optimistic bloodstock huckster.
		This particular formula allows investors to more or less get back their money, within 3-4 years, while the jury is still out on whether their horse is going to make it or not.
		Also it is predicated upon all the shares being sold and the book being full, which in many cases was not true, because the original owners and/or the syndicating farm very often held most themselves.
	www.realracing.com /archives/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=110 (326 words)

	ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Smarty suffering from chronic bruising
		On Monday afternoon, co-owners Roy and Patricia Chapman announced that their colt would be retired to stud at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky because of deep bone bruises on the cannon bones in all four legs.
		The Chapmans and Robert Clay, president of Three Chimneys, decided they didn't want to lose a breeding season next spring by keeping the colt in training for 2005.
		The chestnut colt foaled at the Chapmans' Someday Farm in New Hope, Pa., was destined to become America's Horse and an international celebrity.
	espn.go.com /horse/news/2004/0802/1850769.html (851 words)

	Chief's Crown euthanized after second leg injury
		Chief's Crown, standing at Three Chimneys Farm, originally injured the patella Sunday in his paddock and Dr. Larry Bramlage performed surgery to repair the damage.
		But Chief's Crown re-injured the patella Tuesday and the damaged joint was "found not to be repairable," said Robert Clay, the syndicate manager for the horse.
		"He was euthanized early this afternoon," Clay said in a statement a few hours after Three Chimneys held a 20-year reunion to celebrate Seattle Slew's Triple Crown season of 1977.
	www.canoe.ca /KentuckyDerby97/apr29_crown.html (194 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Robert Clay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Three Chimneys Farm began with a dream, a plan and 100 acres of undeveloped land in 1972.
		Today it incorporates approximately 1,500 acres in six divisions, four of which are devoted to mares and foals, one to yearlings and one is home to 12 world class stallions.
		The Three Chimneys Stallion division was built in 1984 and the first stallion to stand was champion Slew o' Gold, in 1985, followed soon by the only undefeated Triple Crown winner in history, Seattle Slew.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Robert_Clay.htm (711 words)

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