Closing the barn door…after the horse has gotten out, moved to the big city, studied interior design but got his degree in business, used sweat equity to earn a small stake in an Internet startup, took his profit from the IPO and bought into an established breeding operation in central Kentucky where he could work when he pleased training promising new foals but mostly just took it easy and reflected on how lucky he was to escape the drudgery of the farm, and died a beloved figure at the ripe old age of 32