The Phipps outfit of 2013 is not the same as 20 years ago and certainly very different from 40 years ago. Ogden Mills Phipps ("Dinny") has had health issues and I believe that only one of his daughters is actively involved in racing. I have not seen his son at the races since he was college aged or thereabouts. One of the daughters married Bill Farish (talk about pedigree!) and over the last few years Shug has taken some Lane's End horses and the Phipps' started using more of their stallions and not using Claiborne so exclusively.
It is certainly a changing of the guard as the close relationship between Claiborne and Phipps outfits go back to the 1930's.
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RIP Monroe.
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