Horse racing is mostly an elite preserve, requiring deep pockets to invest in mounts, pay exorbitant trainers fees, hire jockeys and, needless to add, bet on the horses. But the growing popularity of horse-owning syndicates has bred a new aristocracy on the course. Here’s a look at the business of racing horses. Continue reading
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In Pursuit of Hoppiness
The microbrewing business is booming in India, changing beer, as we know it, for the better Continue reading
Made-to-Order Swiss Marvel
At Audemars Piguet, the art of precision watchmaking is at its highest. Yet my last year’s visit to the company’s manufacture in Le Brassuss, near Geneva in Switzerland proved that perfection is a relative term and that desires have no boundaries. The Valley is what inhabitants of the high plateau of the Jura mountains refer to … Continue reading