Reply #33: Is there a Farish-Saudi connection via racehorses?

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"Mr Farish, a businessman with close ties to the Bush family and a personal friend of the Queen, is expected to return to Kentucky in July where he is a leading racehorse breeder." (original post)

"The two Saudi princes flew to Lexington, Kentucky where other Saudi princes were purchasing racehorses; and from there, they flew a private 747 jet out of the country." (Quote from Hopsicker in post #23)


I just did a quick Google on Farish, Saudis, and racehorses. I found one page at http://www.dogwoodstable.com/asp/content.asp?id=124&t=news&cat=Summer%20Squall which mentions a Saudi prince buying a racehorse whose sire was 25% owned by Farish. And there was a story from March 10, 2003 at http://www.breedingracing.com/indnewsmar.php# which states "Meanwhile William Farish, US Ambassador to Great Britain & one of the most powerful figures in American racing (as owner of Kentucky’s famous Lanes End Farm), has 'expressed doubts about the Dubai World Cup meeting being held as planned on March 29, due to the threat of war with Iraq,' reported aapracingandsports.com.au."


I don't want to make too big a deal of this, but horse breeding is something that definitely connects Farish with the Saudis and other wealthy Arabs -- and on a much more personal and ongoing basis than his oil background. Horse breeding is also the basis of Farish's friendship with Queen Elizabeth.

It's my strong conviction that the most powerful people in the world still operate under something like feudalism, where marriage ties, personal friendships, and shared interests count for a lot more than formal relationships through government or business. Silly as it may seem, the Saudi racehorse connection might be worth taking a look at -- not because there's anything sinister about it in itself, but because it could be a good indication of other things going on under the surface.

On edit: Horse breeding also has a number of interesting symbolic resonances -- from its feudal/knightly associations to its parallels with the eugenics schemes that Prescott Bush supported. One of the more disquieting aspects of the Bush/Farish/Du Pont set is the impression one gets that they'd be perfectly happy to take us all back to a state of medieval aristocracy, so long as they were the aristocrats.