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Article: Comes a horseman
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- Indianapolis Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 21, 2009
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The setbacks the Holden family suffered while moving their thoroughbred farm from Colorado to Indiana last November might have spooked a less cool-headed stock.
First, thieves took their truck and trailer from a motel near Kansas City, Mo. Then,
not long after the Holdens set foot on Hoosier turf, their main stud broke a leg.
"It's not for sissies," 68-year-old Arven Holden said of the racehorse-breeding business. "You gotta be committed to it to get the job done."
It also helps to keep an eye on the prize. Purses at Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Downs in Shelbyville have swollen since the two tracks added slot machines in June 2008. Under the state law, the "racinos" share 15 ...