Editing Bing Crosby (section)

===Thoroughbred horse racing===
Crosby was a fan of [[thoroughbred racing|thoroughbred horse racing]] and bought his first racehorse in 1935. Two years later, Crosby became a founding partner of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and a member of its board of directors.<ref name="bingcrosby.com">{{cite web |title=Entrepreneur |url=https://bingcrosby.com/bing-bio/entrepreneur |website=Bingcrosby.com |date=August 15, 1949 |access-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="dmtc.com">{{cite web |title=Del Mar Horse Racing History |url=https://www.dmtc.com/media/history |website=Dmtc.com |date=September 7, 1970 |access-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref> Operating from the [[Del Mar Racetrack]] in [[Del Mar, California]], the group included millionaire businessman [[Charles S. Howard]], who owned a successful racing stable that included [[Seabiscuit]].<ref name="bingcrosby.com"/> Charles' son, [[Lindsay C. Howard]], became one of Crosby's closest friends; Crosby named his son [[Lindsay Crosby|Lindsay]] after him, and would purchase his 40-room [[Hillsborough, California]], estate from Lindsay in 1965.

Crosby and Lindsay Howard formed [[Binglin Stable]] to race and breed thoroughbred horses at a ranch in [[Moorpark, California|Moorpark]] in Ventura County, California.<ref name="bingcrosby.com"/> They also established the Binglin Stock Farm in Argentina, where they raced horses at Hipódromo de Palermo in [[Palermo, Buenos Aires]]. A number of Argentine-bred horses were purchased and shipped to race in the United States. On August 12, 1938, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all [[match race]] won by Charles S. Howard's [[Seabiscuit]] over Binglin's horse Ligaroti.<ref name="dmtc.com"/> In 1943, Binglin's horse Don Bingo won the [[Suburban Handicap]] at [[Belmont Park]] in Elmont, New York. The Binglin Stable partnership came to an end in 1953 as a result of a liquidation of assets by Crosby, who needed to raise enough funds to pay the hefty federal and state inheritance taxes on his deceased wife's estate.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=People, Aug. 3, 1953 |url=https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822904,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312061744/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822904,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2007 |magazine=Time |access-date=January 25, 2007 |date=August 3, 1953}}</ref> The [[Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap]] at Del Mar Racetrack is named in his honor.