I spent a couple years working in an equestrian facility taking care of jumpers and racers, some worth tens and a couple worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Wealthy horse people are some of the most messed up, batshit crazy and flat out dysfunctional people you will meet anywhere. Horses are a reflection of their owners and some of those horses were the most useless and dangerous animals you could find anywhere. Yes, the place was an absolute mad house with a thin veneer of monied respectability. I'll have to write a post about it...