Kinghaven Farms
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Horse breeding farm and Thoroughbred racing stable |
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| Headquarters | 4305 King Road King City, Ontario, Canada |
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Kinghaven Farms is a thoroughbred horse racing stable founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot. Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a 660-acre (2.7 km2) farm and training center near Ocala, Florida. Kinghaven became a father/son operation in 1974 when Bud's son David S. Willmot began managing the farm's racing/breeding programs. In 2004, Willmot announced that Kinghaven was shutting down its Thoroughbred operation, although he would continue to race a handful of horses in following years.
One of the most decorated racing stables in Canadian history, on five occasions it won Canada's most important horse race, the Queen's Plate. American John J. Tammaro, Jr., one of the Big Four of Maryland Thoroughbred racing, was head trainer from 1976 to 1985. He conditioned five Canadian Champions for Kinghaven, including the 1979 Queen's Plate winner Steady Growth and U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt and Canadian Horse of the Year, Deputy Minister. Trainer Roger Attfield succeeded Tammaro in 1985. En route to being inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, Attfield won numerous prestigious races for Kinghaven in North America including four editions of the Queen's Plate.
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