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HAUTE PROPERTY "[Acquiring] a world-class equestrian estate is a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity." —DALE THORNBURGH dressage, remodeled the original house and added a 20,000-squarefoot riding arena. A horse trainer manages the dressage-rated estate, which boards horses in its 29 stalls. "I've been the gentleman proprietor of the ranch," Cooper says with a laugh (he and fiancée Carrie Carter-Henderson are now building a property in the Ridges), noting that the estate "really needs someone who is a devoted equestrian." The compound, at 6860 West Rome Boulevard, is listed for $3,875,000. "Phil Cooper's estate is like a different part of the world. It's an incredible retreat," says Ivan Sher of Shapiro & Sher Group at Prudential, the listing realtor (lasvegasfinehomes.com). "There is a great demand for equestrian estates, but only a few exist throughout the Valley. And they seldom come to market." Only a dozen and a half or so genuine equestrian estates exist in Southern Nevada, say local real estate experts, and their rare availability makes them highly sought after. That's why the Tom Ford Ranch will be sold at auction on January 17. The lushly landscaped 11-acre compound, at 3910 East Russell Road in the southwest Valley, consists of a 9,000-square-foot brick house with a grotto-style pool and 12 manicured pastures. Originally constructed by Tom Ford, owner of Ford Contracting (which built Luxor, Caesars Palace, and Venetian), the ranch The 36-acre estate at 6629 South Pecos Road—Wayne Newton's former Casa de Shenandoah—features a main residence (ABOVE LEFT), seven additional homes, plus a stable (ABOVE) with 53 stalls, an equestrian pool, and acres of pastures and corrals. will be sold by New York City –based Concierge Auctions with Dale Thornburgh of Synergy Sotheby's International Realty (synergysir.com). "A world-class equestrian estate built to exacting specifications is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an equestrian respite," says Thornburgh. "To assemble this much property this close to the Las Vegas Strip—it's something that would not be possible to create again." But Thornburgh has an even more over-thetop equestrian estate available near the Strip: Wayne Newton's famed Casa de Shenandoah. The spectacular 36-acre compound, at 6629 South Pecos Road, consists of a 3,747-squarefoot main residence and seven additional homes, plus a stable with 53 stalls as well as offices, tack rooms, an equestrian pool, and acres of pastures and corrals. Once slated to become a museum, the estate—complete with a zoo, tennis court, and car museum—is listed for sale at $48 million, down from the original asking price of $70 million. A Vegas bargain, indeed. V PHOTOGRAPHY BY JPM STUDIOS continued from page 101 "The horse industry contributes approximately $40 billion to the gross domestic product of our country's economy," says Robin Compagno, an equestrian-property specialist for Luxury Homes of Las Vegas (luxuryhomes oflasvegas.com). "Las Vegas is a popular tax haven for the wealthy, attracting a huge number of horse owners in recent years and fueling sumptuous equestrian estates." MGM executive Phil Cooper's estate, for example, features a single-story, 6,063-squarefoot brick residence, with five bedrooms, five baths, a wine cellar, a game room, an exercise gym, and a full wet bar, as well as an outdoor pool and spa deck, a putting green, and more. The tree-filled compound has three barns, including a climate-controlled main barn. There are also two large tack rooms, a round pen, and a dressing locker room, plus an orchard, a hay barn, a workshop, and indoor/outdoor wash racks. Cooper's property had been part of the historic Gilcrease Ranch, which at one time exceeded 1,500 acres but was slowly sold off, giving new owners water rights for farming the fertile soil that had settled there from mountain runoff. "When I moved in there about 10 years ago," says Cooper, "there was a house on five acres and it was all pasture, with a horse and a llama that roamed it." He and his former wife, an expert in the European riding discipline of 102 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 101-102_V_BOB_HP_Opener_Winter14.indd 102 1/10/14 10:55 AM