5 GENERATIONS OF EXPERIENCE
DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS
OVER 90% PREGNANCY RATE
EXPERT HORSEMEN ON DEDICATED WATCH
Millford
is a farm for all times. Our experience reaches back 5 generations to
just after the Civil War. Owner Robert West's great grandfather built a
business based on buying and selling mules, the "tractor" of the 19th
and early 20th centuries. With an inventory of sometimes over 600 mules
at a time, basic horsemanship was essential for the success of his
business which brokered stock to the entire country. Robert West Jr
learned horsemanship from his father Dr. R. Smiser West, one of the most
successful Kentucky breeders of the second half of the 20th century.
He partnered with Hall of Fame trainer Mackenzie Miller to breed
champions De La Rose and Doulab along with many Grade 1 winners such as
Light Lite and Chilukki.
Some of the top
breeders of the 20th century such as Eclipse award winners, Bert and
Diana Firestone and Mrs. Henry D. Paxson boarded their mares at
Millford Farm.
Located
in the heart of the Bluegrass, our farmland boasts up to 20 feet of
prized Maury Silt loam topsoil. Our fields and paddocks are either
spring or well fed with naturally chemical free water. The top Kentucky
breeders of the "golden age" said that the best horses were raised on
the best soil with the highest quality water. We raise all our own
alfalfa hay and bed our stalls on the top quality bluegrass also
harvested at Millford. This offers an unequaled environment for the
finest care of thoroughbreds. Combined with Millford's expert horsemen
on dedicated watch, you're assured a smooth and professional boarding
experience.
Millford Farm
has consigned at all the top sales in Kentucky and has 40 years
experience preparing horses for auction sale. We also have been a leader
in the Pre Export Quarantine board business for over 25 years.
Also, whether you're
purchasing or dispersing bloodstock, in addition to representing you at
the major sales, our extensive domestic and international client base
enables us to find the horses you're looking for, as well as present to
our clients those you have for sale. We have fields and barns of various
sizes as well as ample paddocks for those that need individual turn out.
Mares and foals roam the
large shaded fields in varying sized groups according to the foals ages.
Each is handled daily by dedicated horsemen to give them an edge in
early breaking and training. When asked, we are ready to break your
yearlings here at the farm at a reduced rate when compared to the bigger
training farms.
We specialize in getting
your mares in foal and regularly average over 90% pregnancy rate. Maiden
and barren mares are managed under an artificial lighting program to
encourage earlier heat cycles, a common industry practice.
Our quarantine division has
handled horses for clients from all over the world and while we
specialize in thoroughbreds, we have worked with just about every equine
breed imaginable. We have done PEQ work for the Maktoums, clients from
Russia and India and even H M the Queen.
Call 859-846-4705 or email
us at
rwestjr606@aol.com today and discover Millford Farm in
Midway, Kentucky.
A Tradition of Success
Telephone: 859-846-4705 Fax: 859-846-4226
PO Box 4351
377 Weisenberger Mill Road
Midway, KY 40347
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