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c. Hiring Bumgarner
Petitioners hired Bumgarner to manage Blue Horse Farms.
Bumgarner fed the animals, helped keep the barn clean, trained
the foals, showed the horses, and supervised the arena and
weekend roping events. Petitioners paid Bumgarner about $400 per
week plus a percentage of their income from the horses. Paying a
manager that amount of salary plus a percentage of income was
customary for a farm like petitioners'.
d. Operations
Petitioners began to operate their horse activity in 1991.
Petitioners reported having six employees for the farm in 1991.
Petitioners' employees provided services including training,
boarding, shoeing horses, and giving riding lessons. Petitioners
obtained insurance for their horse activity. Petitioners
expected that their animals would breed and increase in number.
Petitioners expected to train the foals to increase their value,
and then to sell them.
John Brockenbrough, Mr. Brockenbrough's son, worked at Blue
Horse Farms after he graduated from college. He overfed a mare
which caused her death.
Mr. Brockenbrough was not a horse trainer, but he did a lot
of the dirty work relating to the horses, such as putting up hay
and cleaning the stalls. He gave the animals shots and vitamin
supplements. He did not ride horses in 1991 and 1992. Mr.
Brockenbrough told Bumgarner not to contact him while he was on
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