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Apositively, on left, is leaving Texas to take up residence at Wild Aire Farm in Kentucky, among family.

A Texas homebred lands with family in Ky

Finding family connections can bring the sweetest surprise. As Ann Banks learned one day while absently researching the pedigree of a nondescript T’bred, and suddenly coming face to face with her own storied past. There in the historic annals of the Dam’s side of Texas racehorse Absotively was Bank’s extended family of old-time horsemen, who helped establish great Thoroughbred bloodlines. “The whole female side of this horse’s family are horses bred by my extended family,” Banks says. “It’s just unbelievably cool!” Home-breds brought into this world by the family of Hal Price Headley, founder of Keeneland, and by his daughter […]