Page 66 - Majestic Vol 6

UP CLOSE GREAT EXPECTATION
In 2000, he honoured a promise made to himself from his
Gavin Murphy, Teo Ah Khing, Kenny Troutt & Elliott Walden college days to return to racing when he could do it “the
加文·墨菲、张祖德、肯尼·特罗德、艾略特·瓦登 right way, in a big way”, when purchasing the 400 acre
Prestonwood Farm with his friend Bill Casner. Renamed
64 MAjestic WinStar Farm, it would begin to make significant inroads
into one of America’s most established industries.

In 2010, Troutt bought out Casner and WinStar Farm’s
growth was stepped into hyperdrive. WinStar Farm is now
2,400 acres in size and home to 22 stallions and 168 mares.
It is an industry shaping force in every sense and has started
to look beyond America’s shores.

In 2016 Elliott Walden and Dave Hanley [General
Manager of WinStar Farm] ventured to Australia with
WinStar Farm buying into yearlings for the first time. A
few months later Walden and Troutt’s financial advisor,
Nick Merrick, attended the 2016 CECF Ordos, and in
2017 Troutt and his family attended Royal Ascot for the
first time. The appetite for expanding the business model is
clear as is the interest in China, the world’s fastest emerging
thoroughbred market.

“[The speed of China’s emergence] has kind of surprised
me.” Troutt says.

“My understanding is that the Chinese are trying to get
racing going over there. I had Elliott go over to China last
year [for the 2016 CECF Ordos] because I wanted to know
more about it. If it gets big it could become as alluring
as Europe and Americans will come. We see what has
happened with Dubai. If there are good purses there then
people will come from everywhere.”

To this end the China Horse Club and Teo Ah Khing are a
unique fit for WinStar and Troutt. In the US, the China Horse
Club has shared in a series of emerging stars with WinStar
Farm and partners over the last 12 months including American
Anthem, One Liner, Good Samaritan, Theory and Yoshida.
In Australia WinStar Farm has enjoyed success with China
Horse Club and its partners, most notably with G1 winner
Invader as well as with stakes winners Taking Aim and Super
One and the stakes placed Bowerman.

“Teo’s plan is a lot like ours. To be able to send stallions
back and forth [between US and Australia]. We both are
interested in running our operations as a profitable business.
[Teo] is doing it and he has been successful with what he has
done. When he won the Kentucky Oaks I was really proud
of him and really happy for him. I think he is having an
impact on our industry. ” Troutt says.