- 4 - Petitioners also had a barn at their home that Mr. Morley used for foaling. When mares were ready to give birth to a foal, Mr. Morley moved the mare from the farm to the barn located at petitioners' home. He attached a "monitor" to the mare that would go off when the horse was ready to give birth.3 When the monitor went off, it signaled a beeper that Mr. Morley carried with him at all times. Additionally, petitioners had a closed-circuit television system that monitored horses about to give birth. The barn located at petitioners' home contained a camera in the stall with the horse. A separate bedroom in petitioners' home contained a monitor that received the transmissions from the camera. When a horse was about to give birth, Mr. Morley slept apart from his wife in the separate bedroom containing the monitor. When the mare gave birth, Mr. Morley delivered the foal. In 1985, Mr. Morley purchased two broodmares that were in foal, Sophia and Khola, and a syndicate share of a stallion, T.O. Bolero. T.O. Bolero was a Bask-bred horse.4 The most Mr. Morley paid for a horse was $10,500. Mr. Morley maintained casualty loss insurance on some of the horses. Between 1985 and 1991, Mr. 3 Horses lie down flat on the ground when they give birth. Horses only lie down to give birth. The monitor detected when the horse lied down, thus signaling the impending birth of a foal. 4 This means that it was a famous horse.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Next
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