Background
He was born in 1901. His father died when he was only fourteen years old.
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Leslie Leslie Combs II
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He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he roomed with George Swinebroad.
Career
He spent a year in Guatemala working for the South American Plantation Company and contracted malaria there. He returned to Kentucky and worked for the American Rolling Mill Company in Ashland. He moved to Huntington, West Virginia and started his own business, the Combs-Ritter Insurance Company.
Horsebreeding
In 1937, he bought 127 acres in Lexington from Daniel Swigert and called it Spendthrift Farm in honor of Spendthift.
He was also the breeder of Majestic Prince, later owned by Frank M. McMahon. Later, he advised Elizabeth Arden (1884-1966) of Maine Chance Farm about which horses to purchase, including Star Pilot, Beaugay, Jet Pilot, et cetera
He also revitalized the syndication of racehorses, buying Nashua through a syndication for United States$1.25 million. Personal life
He died in 1990.
