William Stamps Farish IV (b. c.1963) is an American

United States

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 businessman and son of Sarah Sharp and her husband William Stamps Farish III. He is best known as "Bill Farish" or "William S. Farish, Jr."

Bill Farish is a 1987 graduate of the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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 and was a personal aide to President George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

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. He has worked in the commercial and investment banking sectors and is presently an executive vice president and director of the W.S. Farish & Co. investment management company in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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From a very prominent family of 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

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 owners and breeders through their Lane's End Farm

Lane's End Farm

Lane's End Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Versailles, Kentucky established in 1979. The original land was part of Bosque Bonita Farm which means beautiful woods and was originally owned by Abraham Buford, a Confederate Army General. The land was later bought by leading...

 in Versailles, Kentucky

Versailles, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,511 people, 3,160 households, and 2,110 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,330 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.18% White, 8.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.35%...

, he serves as the farm's general manager and director of sales. His maternal grandfather was Bayard Sharp, a widely respected Delaware

Delaware

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 horseman and a member of the Du Pont family

Du Pont family

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Bill Farish is a member of The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club

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 and Chairman and Director

Board of directors

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 of Breeders' Cup Limited

Breeders' Cup

The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Thoroughbred horse races, most but not all Grade I, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, it expanded to two days. The location...

. He also is founder and manager of Woodford Racing LLC, an operation that puts together partners to acquire and race Thoroughbreds.

Bill Farish has 8 children with Kelley Farish. (Andrea Farish, Samantha Farish, Laura Farish, William Farish, Daisy Farish, Robert Farish, Coco Farish, and Stormy Farish)