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Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred horse breeding operation near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910 by Arthur B. Hancock , owner of Ellerslie Stud in Albemarle County , Virginia , and has been operated by members of his family ever since.
Arthur B. "Bull" Hancock Jr. (January 24, 1910 – September 14, 1972) was a breeder and owner of thoroughbred racehorses at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, United States. He acquired European horses to breed in the United States, in particular Nasrullah and Princequillo , and gained great standing in the racing world as a result.
His worldwide reputation both in racing and as a sire was so great that when Queen Elizabeth II visited Kentucky in 1984, she asked to see the 30-year-old horse. Her father, King George VI, bred Round Table's dam, Knight's Daughter. [11] Round Table died at the age of 33 on June 13, 1987. He is buried in the equine cemetery at Claiborne Farm.
When the people in this town of 10,000 see the large canvas prints of that 50-year-old photograph for sale in the All About Kentucky shop, located just a few steps from the park, they see so much ...
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Arthur Boyd Hancock III (born February 22, 1943, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American owner of Thoroughbred racehorses, the owner of Stone Farm, a 2,000 acre (8 km 2) horse breeding operation in Paris, Kentucky, and a composer of Bluegrass music. Hancock is a member of one of the pre-eminent American horse racing families.
Horses and horse pursuits are strongly linked to Kentucky identity. A horse appears on Kentucky's state quarter and on the standard automobile license plate, selected by a citizen vote, [7] A Kentucky Horse Park specialty license plate with the park's logo resembling the 1963 photograph The Soul of a Horse was the subject of a lawsuit brought by the German photographer who owned rights to the ...
The tornado had winds of up to 85 mph, according to a post on X, formerly Twitter. Preliminary EF-0 tornado in Clark County, Indiana (Perry Crossings) consistent with 85 mph wind speeds. The ...