Calumet Farm is seeking just its second title in the modern Eclipse Awards era, which began in 1971, and its first under the stewardship of Brad Kelley. Calumet was founded in 1924 by William Monroe Wright and campaigned a slew of champions through its history, including Triple Crown winners Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948). The farm earned an Eclipse as outstanding breeder in 1990, the year it campaigned Horse of the Year Criminal Type. But shortly afterward, it collapsed into bankruptcy under president J.T. Lundy, who had married into the Wright family. Put up for auction to pay creditors, Calumet was purchased for $17 million by Henryk de Kwiatkowski in 1992. De Kwiatkowski died in 2003, and in 2012 a group called the Calumet Investment Trust purchased the farm for just over $35.9 million. Kelley, a Forbes 400 member who made his fortune in the tobacco industry, leases the farm from the trust. He began racing and breeding under the Calumet name after previously racing as Bluegrass Hall, bringing his own black and gold colors. :: Full list of 2019 Eclipse Awards finalists, including profile stories Since assuming control of Calumet, Kelley has campaigned 2013 Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow and back-to-back runners-up in that middle leg of the Triple Crown in Bravazo (2018) and Everfast (2019). Calumet campaigns many of its homebreds, and in 2019 reached new heights by leading all North American breeders by earnings, and finishing second among owners by earnings. Calumet’s top horses campaigned as homebreds in 2019 included Grade 2 winner Channel Cat, who was multiple Grade 1 placed, and English Bee, whose three stakes victories were highlighted by the Grade 3 Virginia Derby. The farm also campaigned Grade 3 winners Coachwhip and Lexitonian, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf third-place finisher Gear Jockey, graded placed runners Ritzy A. P. and Smart Shot, and stakes winners Jungle Runner and Sonneteer.