Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six virgins tended the sacred fire, baked sacred salt cakes (mola salsa) and oversaw the care of sacred objects in the temple.

The last foal bred on the estate was named Combs Vesta 4th. In Roman mythology Juno is the sister of goddess Vesta, which explains the connection to the new foal's name. Lisa Harris, the Food ...