Nora E. Keating and Richard L. Shearer - Page 4




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               In starting up her horse activity, petitioner spoke with               
          several individuals about training and breeding and about                   
          veterinary issues relating to horses.  In particular, petitioner            
          spoke with an award-winning breeder of Arabian horses, two horse            
          trainers, and a veterinarian.  Petitioner consulted these                   
          individuals regarding breeding horses, selecting stallions and              
          mares, feed, training methods, artificial insemination of mares,            
          and factors that could result in early termination of pregnancy.            
               Petitioner also spoke with individuals affiliated with horse           
          breeding and training who had been audited by respondent, who               
          recommended to petitioner that she keep good expense records and            
          that she keep track of receipts.                                            
               Aware that, as a physician, her horse activity would be                
          “under the microscope”, petitioner consulted a C.P.A. to learn              
          how to keep track of receipts and to maintain records.                      
               Petitioner did not discuss with anyone the economic or                 
          business aspects of breeding, training, and showing horses.                 
               The following schedule indicates when petitioner acquired              
          each of her horses, the purchase price, the type of horse, if in            
          the record the purpose for purchasing the horse, and the horse’s            
          physical condition.                                                         












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