Interview with Anne Peters, August 11, 2008

Interview Summary

Anne Peters is a pedigree expert and the Seasons and Matings Advisor at Three Chimneys Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. In this interview, Peters discusses her childhood in Pennsylvania and her early interest in horses. She speaks about her career; working for Three Chimneys Farm in the 1980s, and then returning in 2004 and the time in between when she was a freelance pedigree consultant and writer. Peters also talks about her pedigree work, what makes a good cross, desirable qualities of a horse, and the value of breeding horses with high quality pedigrees. The Web site, Thoroughbred Heritage, she created with Pat Erigero is also discussed.

Interview Keyword

Big Brown (Race horse) Eight Belles (Race horse) Horsemen and horsewomen Kentucky Pedigrees Thoroughbred horses Three Chimneys Farm

Interview LC Subject

Big Brown (Race horse) Horses--Breeding Peters, Anne M., 1957- Peters, Anne M., 1957- --Interviews Smarty Jones (Race horse) Thoroughbred horse Thoroughbred horse--Breeding Thoroughbred horse--Pedigrees Three Chimneys Farm (Ky.)

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