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Dixiana Farm, founded in 1877, is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Lexington, Kentucky. ==Barak G. Thomas== Formerly known as Hamilton Stud, Dixiana, owned by Barak G. Thomas, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and later Sheriff of Fayette County, Kentucky, took the breeding world by storm with his two colts Himyar and Domino. Thomas, who at the time owned Hira Villa Farm (now part of Mt. Brilliant), added to his land holdings by acquiring Dixiana and naming it after his favorite broodmare, Dixie. Thomas is thought to be one of the first men to make his sole living by breeding and selling stock and his results were immediate. Himyar was famous for being temperamental yet was steadfast on the track with an illustrious racing career that spanned four years with a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby to Day Star in 1878 while still claiming multiple stakes wins at ages 4 and 5. Himyar's toughness and versatility transcended beyond the racetrack into his stallion career with his most notable son, Domino. Purchased for $3,000 by James R. Keene, Domino, the colt known as the "brown phenomenon" and "black whirlwind" (in reference to the peculiar color of his coat on any given day) was a horse of extreme speed at short distances. He was undefeated at age 2 and went on to be named Champion Two Year Old and 1893 American Horse of the Year. Although Domino only lived to the age of 6, his achievements at stud were remarkable. Domino, out of Thomas’s mare, Mannie Grey by Himyar, sired 19 named foals, 8 of which went on to become stakes race winners. Domino was returned to Thomas upon his death and laid to rest at Hira Villa. His headstone reads most appropriately, "Here lies the fleetest of runners the American Turf has ever known, and one of the gamest and most generous of horses." In 1890 Major Thomas fell on hard times. Due to disappointing sale prices and unsettled debts, Thomas found himself forced to sell the farm named for his beloved mare. Dixiana was sold to Jaco S. Coxey on Nov 23, 1897. The majority of Major Thomas's Dixiana stock, including Himyar for a meager $2,500, was dispersed in Lexington by New York auctioneer William Easton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dixiana Farm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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