The first thing you notice about Jack and Kelly McShane are their bright shining eyes and their great big smiles. It’s the aura of excitement circling around them. Within seconds you are drawn into their world and it’s lovely. Their horse Stubbins is racing in the million-dollar Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.

Airdrie Stud between Versailles and Midway, Ky., is built on the land that formerly housed the most influential stallion of the 19th Century. Since it was founded in 1972 by Brereton and Libby Jones, Airdrie has been a constant leader in the Central Kentucky Thoroughbred industry, breeding, campaigning, and selling major stakes winners and building a reputation as a stud farm known for astute stallion signings and bloodstock matings.