Interview with the Catesby W. Clay Family, July 15, 2019
Project: Life’s Work: Reflections on Life in the Equine Industry Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Veteran breeder Catesby Clay, assisted by his wife and two of their eight children, is helped through the history of Runnymede Farm (Kentucky), the oldest continual thoroughbred breeding operation in Kentucky. Most of the conversation is led by Brutus Clay, the Farm's President today, who ably evokes old family stories.Interview Accession
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Brutus Clay
Catesby "Chris" Clay, Jr.
Elizabeth Clay
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Interview LC Subject
Horse farms--Kentucky Horse industry--Kentucky Horse breeders Horse buyers--Kentucky Thoroughbred horseInterview Rights
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Clay, Catesby Woodford, Sr. Interview by Chris McGrath. 15 Jul. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Clay, C.W., Sr. (2019, July 15). Interview by C. McGrath. Life’s Work: Reflections on Life in the Equine Industry Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Clay, Catesby Woodford, Sr., interview by Chris McGrath. July 15, 2019, Life’s Work: Reflections on Life in the Equine Industry Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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