Interview with Arthur B. Hancock, III, July 8, 2019
Project: Life’s Work: Reflections on Life in the Equine Industry Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Arthur Hancock reflects on the way he built up a new operation at Stone Farm after leaving the family's historic farm at Claiborne when his father, Bull Hancock, died and the estate advisors favored his younger brother as leader. Champions raised at Stone Farm include Sunday Silence and two other Kentucky derby winners. Interview release March 2, 2020.Interview Accession
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Stone Farm (Kentucky) Bull Hancock Claiborne Farm (Kentucky) Gato Del Sol (Race horse) Fusaichi Pegasus (Race horse) Mares Stallions Bluegrass music Stone Farm (Bourbon Co., Ky) A. B. Hancock Arthur B. Hancock Arthur Boyd Hancock Arthur Hancock, Sr. Bloodlines Bull Hancock Hancock, Arthur B. Hancock, Arthur Boyd Hancock, Bull Hancock, Jr., Arthur Boyd Hancock, Sr., Arthur Death of a parent Country music Folk musicInterview LC Subject
Sunday Silence (Race horse) Horse farms--Kentucky Horse industry--Kentucky Horse breeders Horse buyers--Kentucky Thoroughbred horse Churchill Downs (Louisville, Ky. : Racetrack) Horse breeders Horse industry Horse racing Nasrullah (Race horse) Farm management Horsemen Kentucky Derby Halo (Race horse) Horse buyers Tap Shoes (Race horse) Veterinarians Veterinary medicine Easy Goer (Race horse) Fusaichi Pegasus (Race horse) Hail to Reason (Race horse) Bold Ruler (Race horse) Horse trainers Horses--Training Northern Dancer (Race horse)Interview Rights
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III, Arthur B. Hancock, Interview by Chris McGrath. 08 Jul. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
III, A.B. (2019, July 08). Interview by C. McGrath. Life’s Work: Reflections on Life in the Equine Industry Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
III, Arthur B. Hancock,, interview by Chris McGrath. July 08, 2019, Life’s Work: Reflections on Life in the Equine Industry Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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