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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON

Rappahannock New* Staff Writer

If thoroughbred racing is the sport of kings, then thoroughbred breeding must be the hobby of millionaires. At least that’s how the general public perceives the business of producing the flesh and blood speed machines that run for the blackeyed susans and buckets of prize money.

But in actuallity, a significant percentage of the horses that thunder around tracks and fly over fences are bred on small farms by regular working folk who depend on the sale of a yearling or hunter prospect to pay the monthly mortgage and weekly grocery bills.

Bill Weaver is one of those ordinary fellows who makes a living by raising thorough

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