On May 16 the Wall Street Journal featured an article about Jess Jackson and his Stonestreet Stables entitled Horse Racing's Would-Be Savior. Mr. Jackson, "the billionaire founder of the Kendall-Jackson wine empire" has taken on the American thoroughbred horse industry charging that the horses are over-bred, over-medicated, and lacking in durability - criticisms noted in our previous post The Dark Side: Horse Racing. Jackson, a controversial figure in the mainstream thoroughbred community because of his criticisms, not to mention a few lawsuits, is now seeking breeding stock from France, Germany, South Africa and Argentina in his effort to breed durability back into American race horses.
Here is a video of and interview with Jackson on his recent trip to Argentina -
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