LEXINGTON, Ky. — Arthur B. Hancock III decided to write his memoir at the urging of friends who knew it would make a great book. There’s the sports story, of course, appropriate as we approach ...

Hancock and his brother, Seth, split the duties of the farm, which was run under the trusteeship of three advisors, including Ogden Phipps, a hugely successful owner from New York and one of ...

Arthur Hancock III and his father Arthur “Bull” Hancock inspect a horse at Claiborne Farm. But for the oldest son, also named Arthur Hancock, that legacy cast long shadows.

While Hancock’s younger brother, Seth, wouldeventually take over the running of Claiborne Farm, Arthur went out on his own, leasing 100 acres and launching Stone Farm into a premier breeding and ...

A member of one of the sport’s most distinguished families, Hancock’s grandfather, Arthur B. Hancock, Sr., founded Claiborne Farm, while his father, Arthur B. “Bull” Hancock, Jr., expanded ...

Bred in Pennsylvania by Someday Farm, Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality—I’ll Get Along, by Smile) raced from 2003 through 2004, winning eight of his nine career starts, including the Kentucky ...

While Hancock's younger brother, Seth, would eventually take over the running of Claiborne Farm, Arthur went out on his own, leasing 100 acres and launching Stone Farm into a premier breeding and ...

The breeding community lost a friend and asset last week. Annette Covault, of Lexington, died Friday, Dec. 13, from complications of ill health that she had dealt with for several years. She was 72.

Heeding the call of her favorite horse, Secretariat, Covault moved her tack to Claiborne Farm. “‘Mrs. Downing was looking to retire,’ I seem to recall,” said Dell Hancock, “and Annette ...

The colt who would have been the race favorite on his own was Seth Hancock’s Judger, who’d been bred by A.B. “Bull” Hancock at Claiborne Farm and then purchased out of the dispersal of the ...

For Seth was only elevated so giddily because of the abrupt and premature death of his own father, “Bull” Hancock, such a towering figure in the Bluegrass that people far beyond Claiborne felt ...