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was trained to jump by a professional trainer that petitioner
hired. Sometime thereafter, Zack developed pedalostitis, a foot
disease that prevented it from performing athletic activities.
Around 1995, petitioner donated Zack to VPI.
During 1992, petitioner met Sue Attisani Lyman (Ms. Lyman),
a horse trainer and breeder since 1979, and bred Jill to Ms.
Lyman's stallion for a stud fee of approximately $1,000. That
breeding produced a filly named Lily (Lily) around 1993. During
1995, when petitioner started to provide Lily with some undis-
closed type of training, he discovered that it had fractured its
shoulder and hip and could not be trained as an athlete at that
time, and he therefore abandoned any attempt to train Lily at
that time. As of the time of the trial herein, petitioner
planned to breed Lily in the spring of 1996 and to sell it as a
broodmare.
Around 1993, petitioner again bred Jill to Ms. Lyman's
stallion for a stud fee of between $1,000 and $1,900. That
breeding produced a filly named Bunny (Bunny) during 1994.
Petitioner entered Bunny (1) in a horse show as a six-week old
with its dam Jill where it performed favorably; (2) in a horse
show as a yearling where it was the winner in a particular class;
and (3) in an international horse show for young prospective show
horses where it was the champion for yearling fillies. At some
undisclosed time during 1995, petitioner entered into a contract
to sell Bunny for $8,500 that was conditioned on the purchaser's
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