Rutledge Farm


Rutledge Farm is a Grand Prix and Hunter/Jumper facility, in Middleburg, Virginia, owned by Rutledge Farm, LLC. Built in 1740, it was most recently owned by Aleco's late step-father, Mr. Hermen Greenberg, who had built it into a world-class thoroughbred breeding operation.

Rutledge Farm Sessions clinic series

2019 expands the Rutledge Farm Sessions to include Olympic medalists and international champions, from Jumping, Eventing, Dressage, and Equitation.
- Peter Wylde - June 3, 2019
- Boyd Martin - August 10, 2019
- Debbie McDonald - September 14 & 15
- Will Simpson - October 12
- Allison Brock - October 19 & 20
- Phillip Dutton - October 26
- Stacia Madden - November 9 & 10
2018 features 4 Olympic Gold Medalists.
- McLain Ward - June 6, 2018
- Will Simpson - August 7 & 8, 2018
- Phillip Dutton - October 10, 2018
- Leslie Burr-Howard - November 17, 2018
2017 Rutledge Farm inaugurates it's high-performance clinic series, with an Olympic Gold Medalist Jumper.
- Will Simpson - August 30, 2017

Thoroughbred Winners

Colonial Affair

Bred Colonial Affair, who won the 1993 Belmont, carrying Julie Krone.
Trained by the 1992 U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Scotty Schulhofer, Colonial Affair is best known for his win in the 1993 Belmont Stakes, as the 13-1 longshot. Colonial Affair's 1993 Belmont triumph is also in the record books, because it was the first time that any female jockey won any of the three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
Colonial Affair went on to win other major races, including the Peter Pan Stakes, the Whitney Handicap, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and the Excelsior Breeders' Cup Handicap.
Colonial Affair was also only 3 votes shy of winning the 1994 Eclipse Award for American Male Champion Older Horse.

Sur La Tete

Bred Sur La Tete, a Steeplechase star, who won eight stakes races between 2003 and 2006, and who was also a finalist for the 2004, 2005, and 2006 Eclipse Award Steeplechase Horse of the Year.
Sur La Tete retired in 2007, as the fourth-leading earner in the history of the National Steeplechase Association.
Purchased and raced by Kinross Farm, Sur La Tete retired with $664,050 in steeplechase earnings and nine victories, including six Grade 1 wins. Other significant "in the money" finishes included two Grade 2 second-place finishes, three Grade 3 third-place finishes, and one Grade 3 win.

Researcher

Purchased Researcher, as a baby, for only $5,000. Winner of the April 18, 2009, first annual Charles Town Classic, at 1 miles, for horses four years old and older. Rutledge Farm continued racing him until April 16, 2010, when Mr. Greenberg's estate sold him to Mr. Zohar Ben-Dov. 1 Day later, April l7, 2010, Researcher won the second annual Charles Town Classic.
On March 28, 2009, shortly before his 2009 Charles Town Classic win, on the same track, and at the same 1 mile distance, Researcher set a , when he won a race by 22 lengths.
A horse from the , Researcher was bought by Rutledge Farm to the Virginia Tech Foundation's M.A.R.E Center, in Middleburg, Virginia.

Winners In Each Of The First Three Charles Town Classic Programs