Get ready! Suffolk Showcase is this weekend
The 7th annual CANTER New England Suffolk Showcase takes place on the backside of the East Boston racetrack this Sunday, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Approximately 80 Thoroughbreds, who are available for purchase, will be walked and trotted before a crowd of prospective buyers. All are welcome. Those with questions about the event itself are invited to read CANTER New England’s blog. In honor of the annual Thoroughbred-buying event, OffTrackThoroughbreds.com offers this excerpted interview with Dr. Laurie Metcalfe, DVM associate, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. She offers insights on what to consider when purchasing an OTTB. Q: What do you consider […]
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Clubhouse Q&A: Riding a rearing horse
By attuning herself to the tiniest details of her horse’s attitude while lunging, noticing, for example, the set of her horse’s mouth, or the carriage of his head and neck, Karlene Bulson can tell if he might rear up later on with a rider on his back. The New York-based equestrian, and off-track Thoroughbred trainer, has spent a lot of time considering the little things when figuring out how to ensure a happy, safe ride. “I’ve been training horses since I was 16,” Bulson says. “My first horse was a big Standardbred gelding, and I’ve had all sorts of horses […]
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NH boy,10, fights horse slaughter in Capitol
A 10-year-old New Hampshire boy who stumbled upon the horse-slaughter issue by chance, has stormed Washington, D.C. with the sure-footed confidence of a prized Thoroughbred. Giving speeches from the floor of Congress, and from a podium outside a Capital building alongside U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., Declan Gregg’s heartfelt pleas to end what he terms “the mean and inhumane” treatment of slaughter-bound horses, have resonated throughout the hallowed halls of the nation’s lawmakers. Ever since learning that horses die in slaughterhouses by the tens of thousands each year, Stacie Gregg’s compassionate son was galvanized into action. “It all started about […]
