Farm near Aiken that was part of an international horse cloning business sells for nearly $7 million

Real estate near Aiken that was part of an international horse cloning business was sold earlier this year for $6.8 million. Crimson Fields, a Delaware limited liability company, purchased Crestview Farm in February.

Included in the deal were two adjacent properties. One is a nearly 146-acre tract at 892 Cooks Bridge Road. There are two single-family residences, stables, a pavilion and additional structures on it, according to Aiken County land records.



The other property covers approximately 6 acres. Land records also show that Crimson Fields has a Dallas, Texas, address. The sellers were Crestview Farm Aiken, a Nevada limited liability company, and Shennaco Holdings, a Delaware limited liability company.

Alan Meeker is the manager of both Crestview Farm Aiken and Shennaco Holdings. Meeker founded Crestview Genetics, which was established in 2009 and was the subject of a story that appeared in 2015 in Vanity Fair magazine. At the time the article was published, Meeker’s partners in Crestview Genetics were Argentine professional polo player Adolfo Cambiaso and Argentine tycoon and polo enthusiast Ernesto Gutierrez.

Meeker used to play polo in the Aiken area. In the Vanity Fair story, there was information about the creation of clones at Crestview Genetics’ laboratory in Argentina at La Ensenada, a ranch owned by Gutierrez. Crestview Genetics became known for producing genetically identical copies of talented polo ponies such as Aiken Cura, Colibri, Cuartetera and Raptor.

The company’s cloning efforts eventually expanded to include other types of animals such as dogs and cats, Meeker told the Aiken Standard. In the past, Crestview Farm’s equine residents included clones of the legendary thoroughbred stallion Storm Cat. The Jockey Club, which is in charge of the Thoroughbred stud book in this country, doesn’t allow clones to be registered, so Storm Cat’s exact copies weren’t able to compete in the breed’s official races.

"Aiken is an incredibly important part of the cloning world," Meeker said 10 years ago..