Binglin Stable in Moorpark, Ventura County, California was a stock farm established during the latter part of the 1930s to race and breed Thoroughbred horses. The stable was owned by entertainer Bing Crosby and close friend, Lindsay Howard. Crosby was a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing who in 1937 became a founding partner and member of the Board of Directors of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, a race track at Del Mar, California. Lindsay Howard's father, Charles S. Howard, was a millionaire businessman who was also a founding partner and director of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and who owned a successful racing stable that included the 1938 U.S. Horse of the Year, Seabiscuit. Upon his retirement from riding, future Hall of Fame jockey Albert Johnson, a childhood friend of Crosby, became the stable's trainer. Moorpark is a city located in Ventura County, California. ... Official website: http://www. ... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of the affairs of the company. ... Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, where the turf meets the surf, was built by Hollywoods Bing Crosby, Pat OBrien and Jimmy Durante in the seaside city of Del Mar, California, located 20 miles north of San Diego. ... A race track (or racetrack), is a purpose-built facility for the conducting of races. ... Del Mar is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... Red Pollard on Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse in the United States. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... Toulouse-Lautrec - The Jockey (1899) This article is about the sports occupation. ... In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ...

Lindsay Howard was a top-ranked polo player as was his brother, Robert. They frequently played in Argentina, the polo capital of the world, and as such the brothers and Crosby decided to establish "Caballeriza Binglin Stock Farm" near Buenos Aires where they purchased a number of locally bred horses and shipped them back to the United States. As well, Binglin Stable raced horses at Hipódromo de Palermo in Palermo, notably the mare Blackie. [1] whom they later sent to the U.S. to serve as a broodmare. now. ... Buenos Aires (English: ; originally , City of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds;[1] pronounced ) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port. ... Palermo is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. ... Mare may mean any of several things: A mare (horse) is a female horse. ...

Other Argentine horses of note that Binglin Stable brought to the United States included Kayak II, who was sold to Charles S. Howard, plus Ligaroti [2] and Don Bingo [3], the latter a winner of the 1943 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. On August 12, 1938, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all match race between Seabiscuit and Ligaroti. In an era when horse racing ranked second in popularity with Americans to Major League Baseball, the match race was much written and talked about and drew a record crowd that helped make the fledgling Del Mar race track a success. It was the first nationwide broadcast of a thoroughbred race by NBC radio. [4] Many racing experts felt that Ligaroti was not in the same class as Seabiscuit, but the two horses battled head to head with Seabiscuit winning by a nose. Kayak II (1935- ?) (originally named Kajak) was a thoroughbred race horse in the 1930s. ... The Suburban Handicap is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred horses aged three and older. ... Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ... Elmont is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Long Island, Nassau County, New York, in the Town of Hempstead. ... A Match race is a regatta for two sailing boats, racing each other around a course. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

The Binglin Stable partnership came to an end in 1953 as a result of a liquidation of assets by Bing Crosby in order to raise the funds necessary to pay the federal and state inheritance taxes on his deceased wife's estate.

References

• Binglin Stable and match race information from Del Mar Thoroughbred Racing
• August 3, 1953 TIME magazine article on the dissolution of Binglin Stable