Barbara Phipps Janney

Barbara Phipps Janney (1911– November 30, 1987) was an American socialite, sportsperson, and thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

[1][5] On June 8, 1936, she married Stuart S. Janney Jr., a Baltimore attorney,[2] amateur jockey and winner of the Maryland Hunt Cup.

[6][7] That year, they purchased the 400-acre Locust Hill Farm in Glyndon, Maryland, where they would keep horses for recreation, participating in steeplechase racing and fox hunting.

[15] Barbara Phipps's family gave the couple their first three mares for their breeding operation, Bold Irish, Step Over and Vowed.

[16] Barbara and her husband Stuart Janney would go on to produce 19 homebred stakes winners with their Locust Hill Farms stable.