Madeleine A. Pickens
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Madeleine A. Pickens http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=15411 http://books.google.ca/books?id=KdQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=%22Madeleine+Farris%22&source=bl&ots=eV9fTilCMf&sig=51t_Iqr0Mox2pdWIBBYqOrKqtIg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA44,M1 is an American
businesswoman who owns Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/0512/062.html.
She is also a Thoroughbred
racehorse
owner/breeder and an animal welfare
activist and philanthropist
who has earned a black belt
in the martial art
of Taekwondo
.
Born Madeleine Baker of an English
father and a Lebanese mother, she did modeling
and worked as a flight attendant
for Pan American Airlines before going into business for herself, providing cabin service crews for corporate jets
and special charter flights. She moved to the United States in the 1970s where she made her home in Marina del Rey, California
and went into business for herself. Her daughter, Dominique Richter, was born in 1980.
founder, Allen E. Paulson
. An astute businessman, Paulson introduced her to Thoroughbred
horse racing
, a sport in which the couple achieved enormous success. While her husband owned several superstar horses such as U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
inductee, Cigar
, Madeleine Paulson owned show jumping
horses plus Thoroughbreds competing in flat racing
. She notably won the 1992 Breeders' Cup Turf
with Fraise
, the 1997 Prix Foy
with Yokohama at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris
, France
, and the 2005 Santa Anita Handicap
with Rock Hard Ten
. A friend of weight-loss guru Jenny Craig, the two owned Rock and Roll who won the 1998 Pennsylvania Derby
and ran in the Kentucky Derby
. Madeleine Paulson also raced Dominique's Joy, named for her daughter.
In his 2003 book, Legacies of the Turf noted race historian Edward L. Bowen
wrote that according to Paulson family banter, Madeleine Paulson traded Cigar to husband Allen for the filly, Eliza
, the 1992 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
winner and that year's Eclipse Award
winner as American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In a 1996 interview with the New York Times, Madeleine Paulson recounted the story. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E2D71738F930A35752C1A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
Widowed in 2000, a battle over the estate of Allen E. Paulson
lasted until 2007.http://www.websupp.org/data/EDKY/5:06-cv-00056-115-EDKY.pdf Madeleine Paulson remarried in 2005 to Texas
oilman, T. Boone Pickens. While she maintains her home at the Del Mar Country Club in California, she and Pickens live in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of north Dallas
and own a ranch along the Canadian River
in the Texas Panhandle
where she keeps her riding horses.
to purchase Fraise and the multiple Grade One winner, Ogygian
from their then Japan
ese owners and bring them back to retirement at the Old Friends facility in Georgetown, Kentucky
. Following her marriage to Boone Pickens, the couple led the fight to close the last horse slaughterhouse
in the United States. Their work resulted in the passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act by the United States House of Representatives
. In recognition of their efforts, in 2007 Madeleine and Boone Pickens received the Equine Advocates' Safe Home Equine Protection Award.http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/37435/t-boone-pickens-madeleine-pickens-to-receive-equine-advocates-award.
During the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina
in August 2005, Boone Pickens donated $7 million dollars to the Red Cross to aid the people of the city of New Orleans. Madeleine Pickens watched the events unfold on television and set about to organize emergency aid for the multitude of homeless dogs and cats wandering the streets of New Orleans plus others whose owners could no longer take care of them. She arranged and paid for aircraft to transport a great many of these animals to the safety of the Marin Humane Society in Novato, California
.
After the Bureau of Land Management
announced in 2008 that the United States government was considering euthanasia
and/or selling more than 30,000 wild mustang
s to slaughterhouses overseas, Madeleine Pickens announced plans to develop a one million acre (4,000 km²) sanctuary for the horses. On September 13, 2008, Madeleine Pickens was named ABC News
"Person of the Week." On March 3, 2009 she testified before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in support of H.R. 1018, the Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businesswoman who owns Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Rancho Santa Fe known locally as ″The Ranch″, is one of the most exclusive and affluent communities in Southern California. It is also a census-designated place in San Diego County, California and an unincorporated bedroom community of San Diego County...
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/0512/062.html.
She is also a Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
owner/breeder and an animal welfare
Animal welfare
Animal welfare is the physical and psychological well-being of animals.The term animal welfare can also mean human concern for animal welfare or a position in a debate on animal ethics and animal rights...
activist and philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
who has earned a black belt
Black belt (martial arts)
In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence. It is often associated with a teaching grade though...
in the martial art
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
of Taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
.
Born Madeleine Baker of an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
father and a Lebanese mother, she did modeling
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and worked as a flight attendant
Flight attendant
Flight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.-History:The role of a flight attendant derives from that of similar...
for Pan American Airlines before going into business for herself, providing cabin service crews for corporate jets
Business jet
Business jet, private jet or, colloquially, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of smaller size, designed for transporting groups of up to 19 business people or wealthy individuals...
and special charter flights. She moved to the United States in the 1970s where she made her home in Marina del Rey, California
Marina del Rey, California
-Demographics:-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Marina del Rey had a population of 8,866. The population density was 6,094.6 people per square mile...
and went into business for herself. Her daughter, Dominique Richter, was born in 1980.
Thoroughbred racing
In 1988 she married Gulfstream AerospaceGulfstream Aerospace
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is a producer of several models of jet aircraft. Gulfstream has been a unit of General Dynamics since 1999.The company has produced more than 1,500 aircraft for corporate, government, private, and military customers around the world...
founder, Allen E. Paulson
Allen E. Paulson
Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E...
. An astute businessman, Paulson introduced her to Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse racing
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
, a sport in which the couple achieved enormous success. While her husband owned several superstar horses such as U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...
inductee, Cigar
Cigar (horse)
Cigar , is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse, who in 1995 and 1996 became the first American racehorse racing against top-class competition to win 16 consecutive races since the Triple Crown winner, Citation did so in 1948 and 1950...
, Madeleine Paulson owned show jumping
Show jumping
Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping," "open jumping," or "jumpers," is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes commonly are seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics...
horses plus Thoroughbreds competing in flat racing
Flat racing
Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...
. She notably won the 1992 Breeders' Cup Turf
Breeders' Cup Turf
The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The race's current title sponsor is Emirates Airlines.The forerunner...
with Fraise
Fraise
Fraise was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1992 Breeders' Cup Turf. Bred by Allen E. Paulson, he was sired by Strawberry Road, the 1983 Australian Horse of the Year which Paulson acquired in 1986...
, the 1997 Prix Foy
Prix Foy
The Prix Foy is a Group 2 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September....
with Yokohama at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and the 2005 Santa Anita Handicap
Santa Anita Handicap
The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up , and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during the winter racing season...
with Rock Hard Ten
Rock Hard Ten
Rock Hard Ten is a millionaire American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. Co-owned and bred by Madeleine Paulson, widow of prominent horseman Allen E. Paulson, the bay horse stands at 17 hands. He was sired by the great Kris S., out of the Mr...
. A friend of weight-loss guru Jenny Craig, the two owned Rock and Roll who won the 1998 Pennsylvania Derby
Pennsylvania Derby
The Pennsylvania Derby is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Parx Racing and Casino each year. The track's premiere event is open to horses, age three, willing to race on the dirt and as of 2007, offers a purse of $1 million...
and ran in the Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
. Madeleine Paulson also raced Dominique's Joy, named for her daughter.
In his 2003 book, Legacies of the Turf noted race historian Edward L. Bowen
Edward L. Bowen
Edward L. Bowen is an American Thoroughbred horse racing historian and author and the president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, an institution involved in funding equine research....
wrote that according to Paulson family banter, Madeleine Paulson traded Cigar to husband Allen for the filly, Eliza
Eliza (horse)
Eliza is an American Thoroughbred Champion filly racehorse. A descendant of the great Nearco through both her sire and her dam, Eliza was sired by multiple stakes winner, Mt. Livermore, a son of the outstanding sire, Blushing Groom. Her dam was owner Allen Paulson's Daring Bidder, a daughter of...
, the 1992 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a 1 1/16-mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.-Automatic Berths:Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup...
winner and that year's Eclipse Award
Eclipse Award
The Eclipse Award is an American thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse. The Eclipse Awards, honoring the champions of the sport, are sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association , Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers...
winner as American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In a 1996 interview with the New York Times, Madeleine Paulson recounted the story. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E2D71738F930A35752C1A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
Widowed in 2000, a battle over the estate of Allen E. Paulson
Allen E. Paulson
Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E...
lasted until 2007.http://www.websupp.org/data/EDKY/5:06-cv-00056-115-EDKY.pdf Madeleine Paulson remarried in 2005 to Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
oilman, T. Boone Pickens. While she maintains her home at the Del Mar Country Club in California, she and Pickens live in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of north Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
and own a ranch along the Canadian River
Canadian River
The Canadian River is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River. It is about long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and most of Oklahoma....
in the Texas Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
The Texas Panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a rectangular area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east...
where she keeps her riding horses.
Animal welfare/philanthropy
In 2005, Madeleine Pickens provided substantial funding to allow Old Friends EquineOld Friends Equine
Old Friends is a nonprofit equine retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. It is the only thoroughbred retirement facility in the United States that accepts stallions....
to purchase Fraise and the multiple Grade One winner, Ogygian
Ogygian
Ogygian is a multiple Grade 1 stakes winning Thoroughbred race horse and important broodmare sire.-On the Track:...
from their then Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese owners and bring them back to retirement at the Old Friends facility in Georgetown, Kentucky
Georgetown, Kentucky
Georgetown is a city in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,098 at the 2010 census. The original settlement of Lebanon, founded by Rev. Elijah Craig, was renamed in 1790 in honor of President George Washington. It is the home of Georgetown College, a private liberal arts...
. Following her marriage to Boone Pickens, the couple led the fight to close the last horse slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products.Approximately 45-50% of the animal can be turned into edible products...
in the United States. Their work resulted in the passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act by the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. In recognition of their efforts, in 2007 Madeleine and Boone Pickens received the Equine Advocates' Safe Home Equine Protection Award.http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/37435/t-boone-pickens-madeleine-pickens-to-receive-equine-advocates-award.
During the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
in August 2005, Boone Pickens donated $7 million dollars to the Red Cross to aid the people of the city of New Orleans. Madeleine Pickens watched the events unfold on television and set about to organize emergency aid for the multitude of homeless dogs and cats wandering the streets of New Orleans plus others whose owners could no longer take care of them. She arranged and paid for aircraft to transport a great many of these animals to the safety of the Marin Humane Society in Novato, California
Novato, California
Novato is a city located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in northern Marin County. Novato is located about north-northwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 30 feet above sea level . The 2010 U.S. Census estimated the city population to be about 51,904. Novato is about ...
.
After the Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...
announced in 2008 that the United States government was considering euthanasia
Animal euthanasia
Animal euthanasia is the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, an animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition. Euthanasia methods are designed to cause minimal pain and distress...
and/or selling more than 30,000 wild mustang
Mustang (horse)
A Mustang is a free-roaming horse of the North American west that first descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish. Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but there is intense debate over terminology...
s to slaughterhouses overseas, Madeleine Pickens announced plans to develop a one million acre (4,000 km²) sanctuary for the horses. On September 13, 2008, Madeleine Pickens was named ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
"Person of the Week." On March 3, 2009 she testified before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in support of H.R. 1018, the Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act.