| Company type | Privately held family business |
|---|---|
| Industry | agriculture, dairy farming, horse breeding and racing |
| Founded | Collins, New York (1938) |
| Founder | Daniel R. Gernatt, Sr. and Flavia C. (Schmitz) Gernatt |
| Headquarters | , United States of America |
Area served | Western New York |
Key people | Daniel R. Gernatt, Sr.; Flavia C. (Schmitz) Gernatt; Russell Rebmann |
| Products | Dairy cows; standardbred horses |
| Owner | Daniel R. Gernatt, Sr.; Flavia C. (Schmitz) Gernatt |
Dan Gernatt Farms is a dairy farming, and horse breeding and racing enterprise, located in the Western New York town of Collins. Daniel R. Gernatt, Sr. and Flavia C. (Schmitz) Gernatt co-owned and established Dan Gernatt Farms in 1938. They built up their farming business, being recognized in the 1950s as having the largest milking dairy herd in Erie County.
In the 1960s, the Gernatt's transitioned their dairy farming business to one of breeding and racing Standardbred horses with the purchase of Lieutenant Gray. Many of the Gernatt's harness racing horses had the last name, 'Collins,' reflecting the locale in which they were born. Among some of the Gernatt's top money-winning horses were Gallo Blue Chip, Bye Tsem (formerly Holden S. Collins), Vernon Blue Chip, Roz T. Collins, Adios Bob, Sir Taurus, Lotto S. Collins, and Elitist.
The Gernatt's established themselves in horse breeding and harness racing throughout a period of three decades, and wound down their horse business in the mid-1990s.