Gainesway Farm - Burial Site

Burial Site

The C. V. Whitney Farm, which is now part of Gainesway, is the final resting place of several champion thoroughbreds. Some of the Whitney/Gainesway horses buried here include:

  • Arts and Letters (1966–1998)
  • Bimelech (1937–1966)
  • Blushing Groom (1974–1992)
  • Bold Bidder (1962–1982)
  • Broomstick (1901–1931)
  • Cannonade (1971–1993)
  • Capot (1946–1974)
  • Counterpoint (1948–1969)
  • Equipoise (1928–1938)
  • Irish River (1976–2004)
  • Key to the Mint (1969–1996)
  • La Troienne (1926–1954)
  • Lyphard (1969–2005)
  • Mahmoud (1933–1962)
  • Peter Pan (1904–1933)
  • Regret (1912–1934)
  • Riverman (1969–1999)
  • Shut Out (1939–1964)
  • Silver Spoon (1956–1978)
  • St Germans (1921–1947)
  • Stage Door Johnny (1965–1996)
  • Tom Fool (1949–1976)
  • Top Flight (1929–1949)
  • Twenty Grand (1928–1948)
  • Vaguely Noble (1965–1989)
  • Whisk Broom II (1907–1928)
  • Winning Colors (1985–2008)

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