Our Bourbon Connection

Sweet Lawn

The Samuel Pepper homestead on Sun Valley Farm was built in 1831.  Samuel was the son of pioneer master distiller, Elijah Pepper, who constructed his distillery just across the lane on the banks of Glenn's Creek.  Today, this extremely proud bourbon tradition, is carefully preserved by the Woodford Reserve Distillery.

Samuel and his wife raised five children on their ancestral home named "Sweet Lawn", spending their entire lives tending their family, livestock and crops.  They are buried in a garden graveyard on the farm.

Sun Valley

History

Barry, Jan and young son Brett, moved to Sun Valley Farm in 1997, purchasing a tract of the famed Brookside Farm, developed by aviator Allen Paulson.  One of the world's leading Thoroughbred breeders, Allen Paulson developed a powerhouse stable and breeding farm, spanning more than 1600 acres, while raising fourteen individual Eclipse Champions.   

Sun Valley Farm is best known for developing a private sales broodmare agency, that has successfully owned and sold the dams of over 200 stakes horses worldwide.  These mares have found their way to every corner of the world to serve as a foundation for many successful breeders, and many of those same families are part of the Sun Valley story, even today.  

Many of today's foals will be offered at public auction, through the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, while others will be retained for our own racing stable.