Scharbauer, Douglas and Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (Goncalo B. Torrealba)
$1,184,800
2026 earnings
60%
2026 wins
$1,184,800
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2026 Stats
Career Stats
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3
Firsts
3
2
Seconds
2
0
Thirds
0
0
Unplaced
0
5
Starts
5
$1,184,800
Earnings
$1,184,800
$236,960
Earnings / Start
$236,960
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Bio
Douglas Scharbauer and Three Chimneys Farm campaign 2026 Longines Kentucky Oaks winner Always a Runner. Scharbauer is from a prominent Texas family in the horse industry that operated Valor Farm, founded by his late parents Clarence and Dorothy. Dorothy and daughter Pamela campaigned 1987 Kentucky Derby winner and 1988 Horse of the Year Alysheba. Douglas Scharbauer purchased Valor Farm after his father’s passing in 2014 and has continued the tradition as a breeding and racing operation.
Douglas Scharbauer and Three Chimneys Farm campaign 2026 Longines Kentucky Oaks winner Always a Runner. Scharbauer is from a prominent Texas family in the horse industry that operated Valor Farm, founded by his late parents Clarence and Dorothy. Dorothy and daughter Pamela campaigned 1987 Kentucky Derby winner and 1988 Horse of the Year Alysheba. Douglas Scharbauer purchased Valor Farm after his father’s passing in 2014 and has continued the tradition as a breeding and racing operation.
Three Chimneys Farm is one of the leading Thoroughbred breeding operations in Central Kentucky. The Midway, Ky. farm was founded by Robert and Blythe Clay more than 40 years ago and oversaw prominent stallions such as Seattle Slew, Dynaformer, and Rahy.
The Borges Torrealba family in November 2013 acquired a controlling interest in Three Chimneys. Gonçalo Borges Torrealba serves as its chairman. Three Chimneys continues to operate as a prominent Kentucky breeding and racing business, anchored by its flagship stallion Gun Runner.
Three Chimneys farm bred Gun Runner’s daughter Always a Runner and kept an ownership interest in the filly after Douglas Scharbauer purchased her for $1,050,000 as a yearling.
