Once destined for slaughter, Grace flourishes
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in OfTrackThoroughbreds in October 2010. What saved the delicate mare from the slaughterhouse 13 years ago was a combination of little things, really. First there was Kim Gatto’s ability to see past the Thoroughbred’s nicked, dull coat to envision her at her best; she saw a beauty beneath the shabby exterior of a horse who stood quietly with 30 others at the Pennsylvania auction house. “I could see that she was really pretty underneath,” Gatto recalls. “She was really petite and delicate.” And the next small thing— the money that would determine who purchased […]
