Flying over fences
Tattoo: 8338457 Tattoo: 8745603 Racing name: Gitche Lantern Racing name: Cool Caveat New name: Prudential New name: Dreyfus Sire: Gitche Gumee Sire: Caveat Dam: Lantern Dam: Tres Elegante Height: 15.3 Height: 16.3 A small mare with a temperament that made her no good for reselling was agile as a deer over jumps, always landing on her feet to save her owner from ‘human error.’ The 15.3-hand Thoroughbred performed this way at Kentucky’s Rolex and major East Coast shows before retiring. Another off-track Thoroughbred in Stephanie Baer’s barn is a gelding sired by Belmont Stakes winner Caveat. On him, the upper-level […]
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Ex-racehorses her safest ride
Linda Novak Scruton is not exactly an equestrian daredevil. Whether it’s her personality that makes her naturally leery of spooky horses or family considerations that come from being a wife and mother, Scruton reflexively tempers her all-out love of horses with a desire to be safe at all times. Admitting she can be a little nervous in the saddle, Scruton did not do what so many equally cautious riders have done—seek out high-priced Warmblood dealers for the ideal “cool, calm, and collected,” equine. Instead, she found her bombproof babies off racetracks. “This week I rode in a windstorm that knocked […]
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She finds funds for ex-racehorses
Amid vast grassroots efforts to help ex-racehorses, Dawn Mellen enters the fray with the very thing that often saves an equine’s life—cash. Her nonprofit, After the Finish Line (http://www.afterthefinishline.org), aims to match donors with needy rescue efforts to save Thoroughbred ex-racehorses and broodmares, and do it with a streamlined, well-researched approach. This year, Mellen anticipates aiding 50 Thoroughbred rescue organizations, which have been thoroughly vetted, and approximately 300 horses. “For nearly a decade, I volunteered to help rescue organizations across the United States care for and save Thoroughbreds from slaughter,” Mellen says. “I quickly learned that funding was the common […]
