[1] In his early business years in Chicago, John Hertz owned a farm near Cary, Illinois.
In the 1930s, he acquired a property in Woodland Hills, California, in the San Fernando Valley where he raised Thoroughbred racehorses.
He purchased Stoner Creek Stud for breeding and training, and two of his horses went on to win the Kentucky Derby.
In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Count Fleet was ranked #5.
Among the sires who stood for them was the outstanding pacing stallion Meadow Skipper as well as Nevele Pride and Henry T.