Reverie Farm occupies 370 acres on Pisgah Pike in the heart of Central Kentucky's Thoroughbred country. To the southwest, WinStar Farm. Three and a half miles south, Keeneland. The farm sits in one of the most recognized corridors in the world for breeding and racing.
The land itself is exceptional: deep, well-drained Bluegrass soil that has never been pushed beyond what it can sustain. The previous owner kept no more than 25 mares at any one time. The pastures reflect that. They are as good as they look.
Six barns. Capacity for 100 horses. We deliberately run well below that. The barns here are what a farm looks like when it has been cared for over time rather than expanded for volume: well-maintained, unhurried, and exactly sufficient for what happens inside them.
Pastures are managed with the same attention. Mares have room to move. The land is rotated properly. Nothing is crowded.
Reverie Farm was purchased by Curtis and Beth Harrell in September 2025. It was previously Bonne Chance Farm, a private operation that ran on the principle that the land came first. The fields were never stocked beyond what they could carry well.
The Harrells bought the farm because it reflected how they intended to run it. John Durr, who managed Bonne Chance for its entire existence, stayed on. The standard of care didn't change when the name did.
At the end of the farm's main drive sits the original homestead—a large white house that has stood on this property since the 1700s. The Harrells are restoring it: a significant project that honors the building's history while making it both a family residence and a place to welcome guests.
A guest cottage on the property is currently being renovated as well. These are not cosmetic projects; they are the physical expression of a family that bought this land intending to be here.
Thoroughbred racing is the opposite of a reverie: two minutes of high heart rate, then the long wait until the next one. The breeding side of the sport offered something different: a slower rhythm, a longer relationship with land and animals, a reason to be present rather than just invested.
When Curtis and Beth Harrell visited this property for the first time, the feeling was right. A reverie is a state of quiet absorption: a daydream with roots in a real place. That is what they were looking for, and what they found here.