- Brookmeade Stable
Brookmeade Stable was a successful
thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by heiress and socialiteIsabel Dodge Sloane . Sloane first won using the name Brookmeade Stable at the Manly Memorial Steeplechase at Pimlico in 1924.If 1929, Sloane divorced and expanded her interest in horse racing. She purchaced convert|850|acre|km2 in
Upperville, Virginia , again using the name Brookemeade Stable. Sloane later developed the estate into a breeding farm, Brookmeade Stud, producing several successful race horses, includingSword Dancer . Brookemeade Stable raced several other winning horses, includingHigh Quest and Cavalcade.Brookemeade's success allowed Sloane to become the first woman to lead the
United States in race earning in 1934, with $251,138.References
* [http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,754160,00.html TIME magazine article of Monday, May 28, 1934 titled "Mrs. Sloane's Week"]
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