Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps (September 18, 1940 – April 6, 2016) was an American financier, Thoroughbredracehorse industry executive, and horse breeder. Widely known by the nickname "Dinny," he was chairman of the family's Bessemer Trust until retiring in 1994, and served as its vice chairman.[1]
Early life
Ogden Mills Phipps was the son of major Thoroughbred breeder Ogden Phipps and Lillian Bostwick Phipps. His grandmother Gladys Mills Phipps owned the renowned Wheatley Stable and his great-grandfather Ogden Mills was involved with Thoroughbreds starting at the end of the 19th century. Ogden Mills owned racing stables in the United States and was a partner with Lord Derby in a racing stable in France.[2]
Like their father and grandmother before them, Dinny Phipps and his sister Cynthia had a long working relationship with the Hancock family's Claiborne breeding farm near Paris, Kentucky. In 1995, Dinny Phipps's great filly Inside Information won the Molly Pitcher Handicap, following his sister Cynthia who won it in 1992 with Versailles Treaty, and his father Ogden who had also won it in 1988 with Personal Ensign.
Phipps had six children and 24 grandchildren, including five-year-old namesake Ogden Phipps.[7] His wife, Ande, is the mother of four of the Phipps children.[8]
