Brereton C. Jones

2013 Record: (74-17-15-13)

2013 Earnings: $790,512

2013 Win %: 22% In-The-Money %: 60%

Owner(s): Airdrie Stud
Born: June 27, 1939, Gallipolis, Ohio
Residence: Airdrie Stud, a 2,300-acre full-service breeding farm along Old Frankfort Pike near Midway, Ky.
Family: wife Libby; children, Lucy and Bret, who works at Airdrie Stud as the bloodstock services director
Education: University of Virginia.
Web site: www.airdriestud.com
A finalist for the 2011 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder, Jones’s program had another milestone in 2012 when his homebred filly Believe You Can captured the Kentucky Oaks (G1), giving him his second win in the filly classic to go along with Proud Spell’s triumph in 2008. Believe You Can has been given the rest of the year off but Jones still has a Breeders’ Cup hopeful in Filly and Mare Sprint candidate Tu Endie Wei, Canada's champion juvenile filly of 2011.
In addition to Believe You Can, Jones also had a 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) contender in his homebred graded stakes winner Mark Valeski. Mark Valeski, a son of Airdrie Stud stallion Proud Citizen, finished second in the Louisiana Derby (G2) and Risen Star Stakes (G2) but his connections decided Derby week to bypass the first leg of the Triple Crown in favor of a start in the Peter Pan Stakes (G2). Mark Valeski won the Peter Pan, but was found shortly after to have a knee chip that sidelined him for the rest of the year.
Jones has bred 10 prior Breeders’ Cup starters, including Caressing, winner of the 2000 Juvenile Fillies. In 2009, he was represented by his homebred Biofuel, who ran fourth in the Juvenile Fillies, and Noble Court, who was seventh in the Turf Sprint. Jones also co-bred millionaire Desert Wine, 5th in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Classic in 1984.
In 2007, Proud Spell became the Jones' first Breeders' Cup starter as an owner when she finished second in the Juvenile Fillies. The following year, Proud Spell was responsible for one of Airdrie Stud's grandest moments when the daughter of Proud Citizen was honored with the Eclipse Award for champion 3-year-old filly following a campaign that saw her captured the Kentucky Oaks and Alabama (G1). Proud Spell produced her first foal, a filly by Indian Charlie, in 2010 ... Now named Indian Spell, the filly was purchased for $500,000 by Belisu Stables at the 2011 Keeneland September Yearling Sale and is the hands of trainer Bill Mott ... Proud Spell also has a Tiznow yearling and a Bernardini weanling. She was bred to Tapit for 2013.
The Joneses established Airdrie Stud in 1972 and the farm consists of more than 2,500 acres primarily on Old Frankfort Pike, near Midway, Ky. Some of the land is part of famed Woodburn Stud, home of the immortal Lexington during his 16-year tenure as America’s leading sire in the last century. Woodburn, also the home of five 19th century Kentucky Derby winners, is regarded as being the first commercial Thoroughbred breeding operation in the United States. From the turn of the century, through the fall of 1972, when the Joneses founded Airdrie Stud, no Thoroughbreds were raised on the prime land. “There is no better spot of land, put it that way,” Jones said. “I’m not saying mine is the best, but I’m saying there is none better.”
More than 140 stakes winners and earners of over $80,000,000 have been bred at Airdrie, named for Woodburn founder Robert A. Alexander’s ancestral home in Scotland. The farm is home to some 200 broodmares and 10 stallions currently, including Proud Citizen, Haynesfield, and champion Stevie Wonderboy, winner of 2005 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Airdrie’s top stallion Indian Charlie, sire of 2007 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Indian Blessing and 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Uncle Mo, was euthanized at age 16 in Dec. 2011 after battling cancer.
Grew up in Point Pleasant, W.Va. … Became a builder and contractor in Huntington, W.Va. … Began political career as a Republican member of the West Virginia state House of Delegates from 1965-1969 … He later registered as a Democrat ... A successful real estate developer, Jones moved to Kentucky after marrying Libby Lloyd, the daughter of Arthur Lloyd, the former Adjutant General of Kentucky ... Served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1987-1991, and Governor of Kentucky from 1991-1995 ... Founding member and chairman of the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), an organization launched in 2004 to promote the state’s signature horse industry.
Jones was the recipient of the 2008 Warner L. Jones Jr. Horseman of the Year Award, which is presented annually by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners. Since 1989, the KTO has presented the award to a member of the racing industry who displays the spirit and passion for the sport exhibited by the late Warner L. Jones Jr., the famed Kentucky Thoroughbred breeder and owner and chairman of the board of Churchill Downs for whom the award is named.

Breeders' Cup Record

Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
2	0	1	0	$520,000

2007	Juvenile Fillies	Proud Spell	2nd
2009	Juvenile Fillies	Biofuel	4th