Wild Fury blazes into hunter/jumper career
When Wendy Basham is ready to fly, Wild Fury will be ready to help her soar. He has been practicing so hard. When he is riderless in the arena, turned loose to conquer a complicated grid of jumps, the chestnut gelding free jumps with such zeal that after finishing, he tries to start all over again. “He’s so happy when he’s jumping through the complicated grids that he will happily jump through and do it again and again until we physically stop him,” Basham says. “We have to make sure the fence heights are not too short or he’ll test […]
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Sherborn is a guiding light for children
Tentative at first, a child lifts a hand to touch the velvet muzzle of the shiny chestnut Thoroughbred. The horse lowers his mighty head pushing his soft nose into the outstretched hand. Reassuring the child he answers the unasked question: Yes, I will help. To a child diagnosed and suffering with depression, anxiety, or other special circumstances, life can often be difficult and dark. But for a lucky few who find their way to an innovative horse-therapy program offered at Newington, N.H. riding stable Wild Irish Farm, life becomes somehow better when they get to take riding lessons on a […]
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Horsemen help racehorses hit a Second Stride
In the gritty, dusty corrals where the hard work of retraining ex-racehorse Thoroughbreds is done, lies a groundswell of goodwill uniting professional horseman with a thriving non-profit bent on finding new jobs and good homes for horses retired from the racetrack. “What started as a trickle, grew to an immense river,” says Kim Smith, a bloodstock agent and horse trainer who, six years ago, founded Thoroughbred re-training organization Second Stride, Inc. And as the years have passed, and with the assistance of caring owners, trainers and riders the number of horses who have been successfully channeled through the Prospect, KY […]
