Kentucky Horsemen.
Now Yours to Own.

A family operation.
Now a racing brand.

River Oak began as a Kentucky family operation in 2007 — built and run by Ron McCauley and his sons. In 2018, son Nathan McCauley leased the farm from his parents and gave it a new name: River Oak. Today he runs it alongside his partner Lindsay Laroche from the same Kentucky bluegrass the family has worked for two decades.

On the trade side, River Oak is one of the largest broodmare traders in the country — placing roughly fifty in-foal mares each year through Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton, with longstanding partnerships at Taylor Made Farm and with bloodstock agent Lesley Campion. On the racing side, the farm foals fifteen to twenty thoroughbreds a year, raises them in-house, and races most of them.

Three of the farm's recent graded stakes-caliber names — Eda, Stitched, and Free Rose — came up through this program. Day to day, the operation is anchored by farm manager Carlos, who has been with Nathan for ten years, from groom to running the place. EquityTurf is how River Oak opens that operation up: a small, deliberate slice of each foaling crop, offered to a limited number of owners.