Interview with Margie Plarr, April 30, 2008
Project: Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Margaret Plarr, an exercise rider and horse owner discusses her lifelong interest in horses and her start in the industry as a hot walker at Keeneland while she was a student at UK. Plarr shares stories about breaking yearlings and riding for numerous farms in Central Kentucky. She also talks about breeding and owning horses and having success at the racetrack. Discrimination toward women in the horse industry is also discussed.Interview Accession
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Claiborne Farm (Paris, Ky.) Goodpaster, Herman K., 1917-2009 Horse owners--Interviews Horse trainers--Interviews Horsemen and horsewomen--Kentucky Horses--Breeding Horses--Exercise Horses--Handling Horses--Training Keeneland (Lexington, Ky.) Plarr, Margaret, 1951- Plarr, Margaret, 1951- --Interviews Ward, John T., Jr., 1945- Women in horse sportsInterview Rights
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Plarr, Margie Interview by Kim Lady Smith. 30 Apr. 2008. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Plarr, M. (2008, April 30). Interview by K. L. Smith. Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Plarr, Margie, interview by Kim Lady Smith. April 30, 2008, Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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