About Three Chimneys Farm
2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner
For more than 40 years, Three Chimneys Farm has left an indelible mark on the landscape of the American Thoroughbred industry — and the next 40 years promise to be just as influential. A cornerstone of the global breeding and racing community, the farm has been home to some of the most important stallions in modern history, including Seattle Slew, Dynaformer, and Rahy. Today, that tradition of excellence continues through the farm’s current flagship stallion, Gun Runner.
A bold new chapter began in 2013, when the Borges-Torrealba family acquired Three Chimneys Farm with a clear vision: to breed, raise, and race world-class Thoroughbreds capable of competing — and winning — on the sport’s biggest stages. In the years since, that vision has come to life. The farm has bred or raced an impressive eleven Grade 1 winners under their stewardship, led by none other than 2017 Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male, Gun Runner. A six-time Grade 1 winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), Pegasus World Cup (G1), Whitney S. (G1), Woodward S. (G1), Stephen Foster (G1), and Clark H. (G1), Gun Runner retired as North America’s second-richest racehorse with earnings of $15,988,500. In August 2024, he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, securing his legacy as one of the greatest racehorses of the modern era.
Three Chimneys has also campaigned and bred a host of other standouts. Among them including the brilliant Guarana, a three-time Grade 1-winning filly whose victories include the Acorn S. (G1), Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), and Madison S. (G1). In 2019, the farm bred its first Breeders’ Cup winner when Structor captured the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1), later earning an Eclipse Award finalist nod for Champion 2-Year-Old Male.
The speedy Volatile, an $850,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase, won the Aristides Stakes with a final time of 1:07.57 before capturing the Alfred G. Vanderbilt S. (G1) at Saratoga against an all-Grade 1 field. He retired to join the Three Chimneys stallion roster in 2021, adding speed and brilliance to the farm’s lineup.
In 2022, the farm celebrated its first American Classic victory when homebred Early Voting, a son of Gun Runner, captured the Preakness Stakes (G1). That same year, Three Chimneys — in partnership with Clearsky Farms — bred Eclipse Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Wonder Wheel, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and Alcibiades S. (G1).
Most recently, the homebred colt Gun Pilot, an exceptional son of Gun Runner, soared to victory in the Grade 1 Churchill Downs Stakes in 2024 before retiring to stand at Three Chimneys in 2025, marking a proud milestone as the first homebred to join the farm’s stallion roster.
With the continued rise of Gun Runner as a preeminent sire and the addition of Grade I winners Newgate and Gun Pilot, the future of the farm has never been brighter. Three Chimneys remains dedicated to shaping the future of the Thoroughbred industry for decades to come.
