Anne Neil — daughter of Blythewood co-founders David and Bess Mayfield
Neil — has spent her life continuing her family’s passion at their lovely farm near Cleveland,
Tenn., where the Neils remodeled a stable in 1942 and methodically went about raising some of
the finest American Saddlebred horses in the world. The famous green and white-striped barn
doors with the distinctive Blythewood logo slide open to reveal the “factory” that has produced
84 years of top-performing show horses, stallions and broodmares. The annals of show horse
history would be remiss if not for the inclusion of Blythewood Farms LLC’s successes that have
represented the family for generations.

On Saturday, March 28, Anne and her niece Key Everhart Waller will open those doors to load
more than 65 beautifully bred Saddlebred horses onto trailers bound for the nearby Tri-State
Exhibition Center, where they will be auctioned to highest bidders by Robertson Equine Sales
LLC, under the direction of multi-generational horseman Jimmy Robertson. They’ll be presented
in the Bess Neil Arena, named for Anne’s mother in appreciation for her tireless work to plan
and establish the first-rate regional equine event center. The tack sale will be held on Friday,
March 27.

Robertson said, “It would take pages to name all of the famous horses that got their start at
Blythewood. We are honored by the interest of Saddlebred enthusiasts in our sale, and look
forward to seeing all at the upcoming auction. Every listed horse will sell — without reserve
prices — along with lots of tack and equipment. All horses at Blythewood will go through the
sale except a few retirees including WC At Night who will live out his days at the farm.”

Sale details will be posted at RobertsonEquineSales.com, with an online and PDF catalog to
soon be available.