Even the shrewdest Thoroughbred racing professional might balk at thinking of his prized racehorses the same way that he thinks about his tractor, but United States tax law suffers no such scruples.
Mrs. Balding was the loving wife of the late Ivor G. Balding, a professional polo player and later thoroughbred trainer for the famed stables of C.V. Whitney.
A sense of common danger has professionals in the highly competitive thoroughbred industry offering unparalleled cooperation and information, according to the university.
A young professional French horn player named Alana Vegter, a thoroughbred musician trained by elite teachers, took a handful of trumpet and trombone players into an equipment supply room.
Growing up in Panama, he was working out thoroughbreds at age 5 and by 15 was riding in professional races.
Thoroughbred racehorses are better off being in the care of top professionals with extensive knowledge and experience as well as support from the best veterinarians, exercise riders and assistants.
In horseplaying parlance, Maury Wolff is a whale, one of the thousand or so professional bettors who collectively wager as much as $1.5 billion a year on thoroughbred races in the United States.
In turn, the thoroughbred world is getting the opportunity to see an unorthodox horseman unloose precocious and professional young horses on the racetrack.
From here, he still runs a business: He is chief executive of the West Virginia Breeders Classics, the October thoroughbred races in Charles Town he started 25 years ago with Carol Holden, his longtime domestic and professional partner.
His first choice had been to become a professional bull-rider, but after working for several months at the Riverside Thoroughbred Farm in California in 1973, he took out a riding license and was on his way.
Bunker continues to keep a close eye on his successful thoroughbred stables; Herbert oversees his vast real-estate holdings, and Lamar makes frequent trips to Kansas City, where his professional football team, the Chiefs, is based.
