During one stay, a Brazilian tapir, a large, water-loving mammal of the horse family, was born.
"Every business clan has its politics, but in the end those who deliver, win, " says Thapar of his emergence as the dark horse in the family's third generation.
The family bought the horse farm, and the drag strip opened on July 4, 1965.
Outside of business and his family, his horse farm is his abiding passion.
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Critics say the industry benefits a handful of U.S. stakeholders, including Representative Skye McNiel, who introduced HB1999 and whose family-owned horse auction in Bristow, Oklahoma stands to profit.
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Her family lived as horse-traders, travelling through Austria before World War II, when they were deported to Nazi concentration camps, along with other Roma, Jews, Poles, homosexuals and political opponents of the Nazis.
"The Union Army had 'Embalming Surgeons' in the battlefield that would prepare the remains, place them in a coffin and send back to the family by train or horse and buggy, " the society's website says.
Mr. Brannaman's techniques stress kindness (how you treat a horse reflects how you treat your family and other people in your life) combined with firmness. (Like Cesar Millan, TV's "Dog Whisperer, " he teaches humans how to be an animal's parent, not its friend.) Ms. Meehl's own techniques include astute showmanship and, in one instance, a shocking illustration that some horses remain immune to humane ministrations.
Harmon described the victim as an acquaintance of the family, known for his horse-grooming abilities.
According to the Lavaca County Sheriff's Office, the father and his family had gathered for a horse shoeing last Saturday at their ranch where they keep horses and chickens.
He wasn't the only member of his family looking to put money on the horse.
Mr Holden said he had been in touch with the owners' family about when they would collect the horse.
The economy actually gets worse, as higher prices sit on family budgets like a fat cowboy on a skinny horse.
The family had been at the farm tending to a horse before the fire started in a barn being used to store hay.
Isobel's family had been at the farm tending to a horse before the fire started in a barn being used to store hay.
The family had been at the farm tending to a horse before the fire broke out in a barn being used to store hay.
"The difference between having success in handicapping and with owning a horse is you get to share it more with friends and family, " he said, noting he had about 30 people at the Big A for the Gotham.
Even more ambitious is the enormous 1.2 million square foot La Gran Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas, which features such family-friendly fare as mariachis, Mayan dance, horse shows and even a Sunday Mass presided over by a local bishop.
The answers may determine which estate-planning techniques make the most sense for a family to use, says Patrick Ungashick, president of White Horse Advisors, an Atlanta financial-advisory firm that specializes in small businesses.
Visiting a Tirolean farming family, I enjoyed dashing through the fields in a two-horse open sleigh.
Even in India he is better known for his family's decades-old ties to the nation's horse racing circuit.
Plank is quick to admit that he did not buy Sagamore, once a Vanderbilt family holding, out of some long-standing love affair with horse racing.
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For the next eight months, her family struggled to figure out what happened to their soccer loving, artistic, horse crazy daughter, whose gentle smile, long dark hair and shining eyes did not bely a struggling soul.
It's the homey family camp of my childhood, but upscale--where Eloise would learn to ride a horse.
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