Knob Hill Stable

Knob Hill Stable was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established by Toronto, Ontario businessman Steve Stavro.

Stavro's interest in horse racing began in 1967 when he acquired a pair of yearlings – Boy Bandit and Danforth Dan.

The Kentucky farm was used for training in the winter, but more importantly, served as the main location for Knob Hill Stables breeding operations.

The win was the highest stake victory a Knob Hill Horse had ever achieved and helped to cement Stavro as one of the premiere Canadian stable owners.

At the end of the 1992 season, Benburb was selected as the Sovereign Award winner for the Canadian Horse of the Year as well as Champion 3-year-old male honours.

[2] The following year, Stavro's filly Apelia was Champion Sprinter and Bold Debra won the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Broodmare.

Thornfield started six races and won three, including the major Canadian International Stakes, which carried a $1 million USD purse.

The 2006 season would prove to be successful for the stables, largely due to one of the horses Stavro purchased at the Keeneland Yearling Sale, Leonnatus Anteas.

Leading the charge was the Knob Hill Stables bred three-year-old Alezzandro, a derivative of the name of Stavro's hero, Alexander the Great.

That year Alezzandro won the Prince of Wales Stake and finished second in the Queen's Plate, a goal that Stavro strived for his entire life.