Article: Tucson, Ariz., Arabian Horse Breeder Gives Ranch to University of Arizona.

By Paola Banchero, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 8--Bazy Tankersley, founder of one of the biggest and best-known Arabian horse ranches in the world, is leaving her 85-acre Al-Marah property to the University of Arizona, a gift estimated at roughly $30 million.

Under terms of the contract, the main beneficiary is the UA's College of Agriculture. The university will continue to use the land, in northeast Tucson at 4101 N. Bear Canyon Road, as a working ranch after Tankersley dies.

"This is fantastic news for the Department of Animal Science," said Bob Collier, professor and chairman of the department. ...

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