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Vor 4 Tagen · Queen Elizabeth II and William Farish III (1984) Thoroughbred breeder and American businessman William S. Farish II. acquired the Camden Training Center property from the estate of Marion duPont Scott in 1985. Farish began breeding thoroughbred horses in 1979 after the purchase of 240 acres near Lexington, Kentucky—renaming the property Lane ...
Randolph Scott married twice. In 1936 he became the second husband of heiress Marion duPont, daughter of William du Pont Sr., and great-granddaughter of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours, the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Marion had previously married George Somerville, with Scott serving as best man at the wedding. The ...
29. Nov. 2023 · Marion duPont Scott (1894 – September 4, 1983) was an American philanthropist, and a thoroughbred horsebreeder who operated a racing stable for both flat and steeplechase racing. She was the last private owner of Montpelier, the mansion and land estate of former United States President James Madison.
Marion duPont Scott died in 1983 and bequeathed the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, with $10 million (~$25.7 million in 2023) as an endowment to buy and maintain it. Her father's will had stated that if she died childless, the property would go to her brother William duPont Jr. and his children. As he had died in 1965 ...
12. Juli 2018 · Marion duPont Scott died on September 4, 1983. With over 55,000 horses having been treated in its 30 years as a hospital, the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medican Center (EMC) has seen its fair share of surgeries. The Equiery asked its readers to share some of their EMC success stories.
17. Nov. 2017 · Built in 1929, the steeplechase course encircles a 100-acre field that includes the flat track. The steeplechase course consists of seven jumps over timber and brush hurdles; at Montpelier, the latter are actually living hedges, unique in Virginia. After Marion du Pont Scott’s death in 1983, the more perilous timber was introduced.
Mrs. Scott with the help of her brother, William duPont, Jr., transformed Montpelier into a first class Thoroughbred breeding and racing facility, building a state of the art steeplechase course and a flat training track. In 1929, Marion inaugurated the Montpelier Races and opened them to the public. As an owner, Mrs. Scott bred a series of winners from excellent Thoroughbred bloodlines. In ...
