James A. Philpott Jr., a longtime advocate for the Thoroughbred business and an authentic member of the Breeders’ Cup board of administrators, died Sept. 2 on the age of 77.
He was preceded in loss of life by his spouse, Judy Mauzé Philpott.
Philpott was the final surviving member of the preliminary Breeders’ Cup board of administrators and served as a member of the board till his loss of life. He volunteered his time for practically 30 years to maintain the minutes for practically each board assembly.
He graduated from Washington and Lee College and subsequently from the college’s regulation faculty. After training regulation in his native North Carolina, Philpott did the identical in New York Metropolis earlier than transferring to Lexington in 1980.
The transfer coincided along with his being named government vp and basic counsel of Gainesway Farm. Throughout that point, Philpott labored with John Gaines on the marketing strategy that will turn into the Breeders’ Cup.
Philpott advised BloodHorse in 2009 about how he initially got interested within the Thoroughbred business.
“On my first date with my spouse, we had been at her dad and mom’ home within the afternoon and watched Chateaugay win the (Kentucky) Derby in 1963, in order that’s after we each turned actually within the Thoroughbred enterprise,” he mentioned.
In 1984, Philpott after beginning a bloodstock enterprise known as Stallion Administration Companies, he and his companions pivoted and launched Reside Foal Co., which he served as vp and basic counsel from 1986-1990.
Philpott returned to personal observe, the place he centered on the syndication of Thoroughbreds. That modified in 2008 when he joined the regulation agency Stoll Keenon Ogden’s equine regulation observe.
Philpott’s profession was full of many accolades. In 2016, he was elected president of the American School of Equine Attorneys. Along with being a member of each the New York and Kentucky state bar associations, Philpott was vp of the Washington and Lee College of Regulation alumni council, and served on the boards of the Lexington Philharmonic and The Lexington College.
The household will maintain a non-public service and requests that as an alternative of flowers memorials to a charity of 1’s alternative are most popular.
