About Us
Just 5 miles from Keeneland, Hunter Valley Farm is ideally located on 200 acres of picturesque, limestone-rich land in Versailles, KY. Purchased in 2004 from MASTEY de Paris CEO, Henri Mastey, HVF (formerly Golden Gate Stud) is a relative new-comer to central KY’s world-famous thoroughbred industry, but it’s already made a name for itself as a strong and reliable consignor, breeder and boarding farm.
Owned by four Irish natives – Fergus Galvin, Tony Hegarty, Adrian Regan and John Wade – HVF and their sales agency started with a bang, introducing themselves at Fasig-Tipton’s July 2005 Yearling Sale, then pinhooking MGSW Scat Daddy at Keeneland’s September 2005 Yearling Sale. In the few years since, Hunter Valley has cheered on 2 sales graduates in the Kentucky Derby and bred, foaled, raised, prepped and/or sold numerous notable horses, including A to the Croft, Bushfire, Desert Party, Holiday Runner, Proceed Bee and Seventh Street.
“I suppose people know that we work hard outside the barn and we represent everybody the same, I think that’s been recognized, and more and more people are entrusting us to sell their horses, which is really appreciated.”
“I think the very first yearling we put through the ring was Scat Daddy himself. He’s sort of been our poster child of sorts, so it wasn’t a bad way to start off your initial venture into the horse business. What he went on to accomplish certainly stuck with our name a little bit, so to speak, and we also sold No Nay Never, although he was a weanling. Those two horses in themselves are great advertisement for the farm. It’s a few moons now, but it doesn’t seem that long ago.”
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