Buck Pond Farm

Few indeed are the original houses of Kentucky's Bluegrass that have such celebrated lore as has Buck Pond, founded in 1783 by Col. Thomas Marshall. Buck Pond farm has been the home of many legendary racehorses, including two Kentucky Derby winners and countless other champions. For well over a century Buck Pond Farm has proven to be the ideal setting for providing just the right combination of rolling paddocks and nutrient rich pastures that it takes to produce strong and sound racehorses. A hero of the Battle of Brandywine, Marshall was appointed Surveyor General of the lands of Fayette County by good friend and President George Washington. The house at Buck Pond was completed in 1785 and around 1800 the elder Marshall turned Buck Pond over to his youngest son Dr. Louis Marshall and wife Agatha Smith. Six generations of the Marshall family called Buck Pond home under the Revolutionary Grant to Col. Thomas Marshall. The first deed to the place was written after Dr. Louis Marshall's...