Thoroughbred Racing
John Meriwether has been an owner of Thoroughbred horse racing for a number of years and is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Racing Association (NYRA). He is best known for once saying "Bet on a horse that craps just before the race". He notably campaigned Buckhan, winner of the 1993 Washington, D.C. International Stakes.
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“There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
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—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)