A 4-stall metal starting gate still stands at the head of the training track's chute, enabling visitors to imagine when 20-40 yearlings were conditioned here annually.
The chute to the half-mile turf training track.
This tunnel runs underneath Naperville Road and was created so thoroughbreds in training could travel safely from the barns to Danada's training track.
Dan and Ada Rice built this 26-stall Kentucky-style barn in the mid 1940's.
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1965 Kentucky Derby champion Lucky Debonair resided in this stall while a 2-year-old in training at Danada.
One of the old horse barns still stands at Danada.
The Danada House is a sprawling, 19-room white brick country home that was once home to Dan and Ada Rice and now is a museum and hosts weddings and other celebrations.
More than 50 years have passed but Danada Farm still remembers their champion.
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