Suffolk Showcase horses bring joy to family
It was as if he knew. At least that’s how it seemed to Denise Wetmore-Grey when she watched the interaction between her 8-year-old daughter and the racehorse Jersey Moon. Athena, who’d been diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at birth, sat in a stroller curiously watching the bay brown gelding in his stall, and the horse didn’t break the gaze. And when he found an opportunity to get closer to the child, into the stroller he went, his muzzle snuffling gently over her waiflike form, softly, to say hello. Seeing it all was a turning point for Wetmore-Grey, her husband Chris and […]
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Onetime TB breeder ‘gives back’ to ex-racer
Stout and quiet like his mother Smooth Choice, the sweet tempered colt forgot his usual demeanor while gazing at the romping, frisky mares in the adjacent pasture. Separated only by a fence, the colt made a bad choice, leaping into the air in attempts to clear it and join the other horses. “He went right through the top rail,” recalls Jill Pflugheber. “And mangled his leg.” To the relative newcomer in horse breeding, a transplant to Texas who had just started raising racehorses, the deep gash in the knee of Sally’sfirstchoice was frightening. How bad would the injury be, she […]
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Rood & Riddle Q&A: Time for a diet
Hardworking athletes need a high-octane diet. Whether we’re talking about Rocky Balboa and his famed raw-egg diet in the movie Rocky, or a daring racehorse who needs extra grain to fuel that burst of speed down the racetrack, the premise is the same: hardworking bodies require a specialized diet. And when a racehorse is eased from track life and into a less taxing career or even a backyard farm, a critical part of that transition becomes diet. New owners of ex-racehorses often tweak the diet of their new companion, considering how to do it safely without sudden change that can […]
