NEWS
Historic plantation to be used as breeding farm
Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:44 AM
by Frank Angst
Grade 1-winning sprinter Dream Rush will have a historic home when she retires.
Virginia entrepreneur Halsey Minor, who in November acquired the female sprint division Eclipse Award candidate, has purchased Carter's Grove Plantation in Williamsburg, Virginia, for $15.3-million from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Minor plans to use the 400-acre property to breed Thoroughbreds.
The property includes a Georgian-style mansion built in the 18th century by one of Virginia's founding families. The foundation has owned the 35-room, two-story home and land since 1969. Citing financial pressure, the foundation closed Carter's Grove to the public in 2003.
Minor and his mother, Susie Minor, plan to campaign Dream Rush in 2008 and plan to keep the Wild Rush filly with trainer Rick Violette in her four-year-old season. As a three-year-old this year, Dream Rush won four graded stakes, including the Prioress (G1) and Darley Test (G1) Stakes, for an ownership group that included West Point Stable, Lewis Lakin, and John G. Sikura.
Minor purchased Dream Rush for $3.3-million at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale. Debbie Easter signed the ticket on behalf of Minor to purchase Dream Rush, who was consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent.
Frank Angst is senior writer of Thoroughbred Times
