Mercedes Stables LLC is an American Thoroughbred racing stable founded in
November 2000. Substantially all of the interest in Mercedes Stables is
held by Ernest W. Moody, a Las Vegas gaming entrepreneur. Mercedes Stables
was majority partner in ownership of Rock Hard Ten

Rock Hard Ten

Rock Hard Ten is a millionaire American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. Co-owned and bred by Madeleine Paulson, widow of prominent horseman Allen E. Paulson, the bay horse stands at 17 hands. He was sired by the great Kris S., out of the Mr...

 (Madeleine A. Paulson, now Pickens, held a minority
share). Among the many good horses campaigned exclusively by Mercedes
Stables have been G1 winner and millionaire Seattle Smooth

Seattle Smooth

Seattle Smooth is a 5yo Bay Filly bred in Kentucky by Dr. Oscar Benavides in collaboration with Darley Stud. Benavides bought Seattle Smooth's dam, the unraced Seattle Song mare Our Seattle Star and working closely with darley bred his mare to Quiet American a Stakes winning son of Fappiano who in...

, G2 winner Indian
Ocean, track record holder and stakes winner Indian Way, and homebred G3
winner Run It.