Started as a 100-acre (0.40 km2) tract, Hancock gradually added on until it became a rambling 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) property with over 100 paddocks, with Leone J. Peter's, Cabin, as the first stallion to stand at stud.
Some of the operation's famous horses include Sunday Silence, Risen Star, Menifee, Gato Del Sol, Valdez and Fusaichi Pegasus, the 2000 Kentucky Derby champion..
In August, 2007, Gato Del Sol had to be humanely euthanized due to old age.
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