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Castleman, who eventually built a mansion on the horse-farm site and gave it the family name. Under the Castlemans, Castleton Farm continued as a Thoroughbred operation, but added the
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Castleton Farm Cemetery lies at an "intersection of two of the tree-lined farm roads, and is an open green space flanked on one end by a 12-ft-high, horseshoe-shaped hedge." It is not only the final resting spot of a number of Standardbred and Saddlebred mares and stallions, including
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acquired the farm and purchased additional land to bring the operation to almost 1,000 acres (4 km). Keene usually referred to the farm as "Castleton Stud", and under his direction, it became one of the greatest
Thoroughbred operations of its day. The farm bred and/or raced future
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