This is Sagamore, the 530-acre Thoroughbred horse-racing farm in Glyndon, Maryland, that Plank bought in 2007.
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Both respected lawyers and thoroughbred horse owners who were well-known in Kentucky before they got involved with fen-phen litigation, they have appealed their convictions.
Nor could you get a Thoroughbred horse into the Kentucky Derby.
She says she uses the money to feed and house a thoroughbred horse she rides for competitive matches of polocrosse, a mashup of lacrosse and polo.
Recently I wrote a story about Kevin Plank, the founder and chief executive of Under Armour, and his attempt through the purchase of the historic Sagamore Farm to reinvigorate the sport of thoroughbred horse racing in the state of Maryland.
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The issue of drug tainted horse meat is more easily documented through the Thoroughbred Racing Industry due to the lip tattoos each Thoroughbred race horse is required to have, the post-race testing of the winner as well as some random testing as well as the public nature of horse racing.
An auction did offer a chance to win part ownership of a Thoroughbred race horse, and the luncheon also honored a well-known female Thoroughbred owner and breeder.
Her job also means delivering bad news, a constant reality in thoroughbred racing, about a horse's health.
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After he sold two medical technology companies he'd founded, Lordi took up horse breeding (including a thoroughbred named Saigon Eve).
However, the Thoroughbred Racing Industry is a small fraction of the horse slaughter picture.
Unsurprisingly, horse racing-mad Australians have taken the champion thoroughbred to their hearts, with diehard Black Caviar fans even traveling to the other side of the world to cheer her on at Britain's Royal Ascot.
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