Dinny Phipps: A great sportsman, admired racing leader (The Associated Press)

Nearly three years ago, Ogden Mills Phipps sat in his high-backed leather chair in a board room at Bessemer Trust, smiling and delighted to talk about a dream come true: winning the Kentucky Derby with Orb. ”Sure, something would have been missing if we didn’t win, but we’ve had such a wonderful career in racing that it really wouldn’t have been something that was glaring,” Phipps said in a May 2013 interview with The Associated Press.