Thoroughbred ‘destiny’ brings great joy to rider
It was sleeting heavily the night Carin Brown and her mother piled into the car and set out on a somewhat treacherous 45-minute drive to see a horse they knew nothing about. With little more than a photograph of ex-racehorse Hermosa Valor to go on, Brown tucked it into the pocket of her thick winter coat, and the pair set out like a couple of determined postal workers. “By this point, we had already looked at something like 60 or 70 horses, and there was no way we weren’t going!” Brown says. “It took us about 90 minutes to get there […]
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Fair Hill Thoroughbreds for All Show set
The beautiful Fair Hill racehorse facility in Maryland throws open its gate this month and invites ex-racehorse Thoroughbreds, their trainers, advocates, and riders to strut their stuff at the Totally Thoroughbred Show. Organized by Penny Woolley, wife of trainer Tim Woolley, in conjunction with retired-racehorse trainer and advocate Steuart Pittman, with help from exercise rider and book author Alex Brown, the show promises to be exciting, yes, but also deeply informative. “We’re offering a truly unique show,” Brown says. “We’re going to offer an educational component, which will teach people about the life of a racehorse, and we will also […]
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John Murrell: Slaughter is a ‘weakness’ in racing
The rain was heavy and the fog thick as John R. Murrell tried to catch sight of John’s Treasure, his three-year-old gelding, barrel through the muddy track at the 1986 Belmont Stakes. For several nerve-racking moments, Murrell waited. “I was struggling to see through the blowing wind and rain, and I had an uneasy feeling,” he recalls. Then suddenly, his beloved racehorse came roaring through the billows of fog, his fine form streaking toward the finish line near the front of the pack. He was fighting off the great Kentucky Derby winner, Ferdinand, and Danzig Connection. It was an exciting […]
