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develop clients through her longtime experience playing golf.
When golf failed to produce any clients, she dropped her golf
club membership.
Petitioner develops her equestrian contact clients for
Topping White while competing during the Winter Equestrian
Festival, which takes place at the Jockey Club. The Jockey Club
is an elite, private club, which is not open to the general
public. The Jockey Club consists of a large concentration of
extraordinarily wealthy people. Most of the attendees in the
Jockey Club own horses, and all come to watch the equestrian
competition on either side of the competing rings. The Jockey
Club has up to 90 tables with six seats per table. These tables
are reserved at the beginning of the season. During the period
1999 through 2001, the cost of a table reservation was $5,000 for
the 7-week season. Since then, the price has climbed to $25,000.
Petitioner originally owned a table at the Jockey Club, but when
the cost of a table increased, she initially split the cost with
one client, and then later split the cost with two clients.
At the Jockey Club there is a rectangular tent situated
between two competing rings--the DeNemethy Ring, where petitioner
sometimes competes, and the Grand Prix Ring, where petitioner
frequently competes. The rings contain large leaderboards that
are visible throughout the Jockey Club. The events are announced
over the loudspeaker, which can be heard throughout the Jockey
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