 In 1949, she and her husband settled on a country estate in Middleburg, Virginia where they maintained Hickory Tree Farm and Stable, a thoroughbred breeding and racing operation.Her stable won numerous stakes races, notably in 1966 when her filly Glad Rags won a British Classic Race, the 1,000 Guineas Stakes.At the 1982 Keeneland yearling sale she bought the Windfields Farm colt, Devil's Bag.