A stallion’s stable becomes a charming home in Clarke County

What once was a stable for a famous stallion has been thoughtfully transformed into a bucolic retreat on an equestrian farm in Boyce, Va.

As champion thoroughbred racehorses go, Teddy never had the career of Secretariat or Seabiscuit. But as Anne Peters wrote for the Thoroughbred Heritage website, the bay horse was “one of the most important stallions of the twentieth century and a truly international star. . . . Three of his offspring — Sir Gallahad III, Bull Dog and La Troienne — changed the face of American breeding altogether.”