This is an astonishing piece about the complexities of the world of horse breeding and racing and jumping, and the class warfare within it--not between the rich and poor, mind you--but between old money and the nouveau riche. For added flavor, Clavin also introduces us to this world as a playground for the daughters of billionaire entrepreneurs and mega-rich athletes. Fascinating.
"His family were enormously wealthy—even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach—but now he’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance, he’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that." --F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is an astonishing piece about the complexities of the world of horse breeding and racing and jumping, and the class warfare within it--not between the rich and poor, mind you--but between old money and the nouveau riche. For added flavor, Clavin also introduces us to this world as a playground for the daughters of billionaire entrepreneurs and mega-rich athletes. Fascinating.
"His family were enormously wealthy—even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach—but now he’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance, he’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that." --F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thanks for this find!