In a flurry of snow, a new horse arrives
Stepping off the trailer into a swirl of snow from a storm that had threatened all day, the ex-racehorse emerged through rising steam as though descending from Mt. Olympus. In a flash Kimberly Compton DiCostanzo decided to name her new horse Zeus. Called Kinney up until that moment, the Thoroughbred got a new name, new home, and future career on New Year’s Eve last year. At the same time, he added a warm, soft presence to a barn recently bereft of DiCostantzo’s eventing champion Midnight, who succumbed to colic just days before. So when her 22-year-old champion died on Dec. […]
