About Fares Farms
Fares Farms in Lexington is a 760 acre state of the art Thoroughbred nursery in the heart of the Kentucky bluegrass. Just minutes away from the world famous Keeneland Race Track and Sales Company.
- Ideal location in Lexington, just minutes from Keeneland and near many of the world's leading stud farms.
- 220 stalls and 12 barns and breeding shed on the property
- 3 foaling/nursery barns with 30 individual paddocks
- 1 training barn
- Stallion barn and breeding shed
- 2 barn yearling complex (featuring 70' EquiGym, AquaPacer underwater treadmill and schooling ring)
- 5 broodmare barns
- Highly skilled and experienced management team reside on the property around the clock to provide outstanding care for your horses.
- Competitive rates providing spectacular value for access to this state-of-the-art nursery in the heart of the bluegrass.
Issam M. Fares Equine Sports Medicine Program
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University has been recognized as a world leader in Equine Sports Medicine for over a decade. The difference between success and failure for equine athletes may be a matter of milliseconds, and the diagnosis often rests on the development of highly innovative and technical instrumentation. When proper and timely evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment are applied to the equine athlete, we have the chance to avert catastrophic, career-limiting injuries.
Mr. Issam M. Fares
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His Excellency Mr. Issam M. Fares was born in Bayno, Akkar, North Lebanon in 1937. After graduating from the Tripoli College concentrating on business, he worked in the Arabian Gulf and rose rapidly in the realm of investment and international business. He founded dozens of major corporations, and cultivated business and political contacts with leaders in Lebanon, the Arab East, Europe, the US, Canada, and Latin America.
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The Fares Farm Team
Shannon White, MS (University of Kentucky)
General Manger, Shannon White has been involved in the horse industry for over twenty years, initially as a quarter horse owner/exhibitor and as an open show judge. Since 1990 she has been involved with various enterprises in the Thoroughbred industry including breaking & training, foaling and sales preparation.
Prior to her involvement with Fares Farms, Shannon was employed by Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital for eight years, working as the Hospital Supervisor from 1993 to 1996 and in nuclear scintigraphy from 1996 to 1998.
Shannon authored the Lexington Community College Equine Business Management curriculum and served as an adjunct faculty member until 2002. She is currently a director for the Kentucky Equine Management Internship based in Lexington, Kentucky and serves on the Midway College Equine Advisory Board.
Fares Farms Kentucky Facility
Click on the images below to view and scroll through our facilities gallery. © Anne M. Eberhardt, photographer .