They own Standardbred champions like Atlanta and Homicide Hunter, as well as top Thoroughbreds like Shancelot and Archidust.

They own up-and-coming two-year-old pacer Tall Dark Stranger, and just got in on a sale-topping yearling with Kentucky Derby winning trainer Todd Pletcher. They’re selling a strong crop of Standardbred yearlings in Lexington this fall, but at the end of the day Michelle Crawford, and her team at Crawford Farms, care as much about re-homing retired racehorses, as they do about trophies and purse money. By Keith McCalmont.