Country House Rewards McFadden Farm, Family

When Country House (Lookin at Lucky) was put up in the Kentucky Derby, it was not only a success story for Guinness McFadden and Blackwood Stables, who raised the colt, but for his family. Owner-breeder Joseph Shields, who passed away in October, was his uncle. His aunt, Maury Shields, with whom he remains very close, celebrated alongside her nephew on Derby day. Lucas Marquardt sat down with McFadden to talk Country House, the Derby, his family ties, and how he got into horse racing.

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