This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yAC.2ACE/928 Message Board Post: I have just found out that it was a James Patton who brought the first thoroughbred horse, Bulle Rock, from Ireland (or England) anf therefore started the industry in Kentucky. Could this be the sane James Patton who I believe to be my ancestor. My line is Thurman Drake s/o John s/o John s/o Joseph and Margaret Buchanan d/o Margaret d/o James Patton.