Mascot won $240K, sold for $60 at New Holland
Mascot didn’t even look good to the kill buyers. Skinny, limping and filthy, he went for a mere $60 at Monday’s New Holland Auction in Pennsylvania. In his career as a racehorse, he earned $241,901 for his owners, working right from the start with some of the sports’ most talented trainers. But those glorious moments in the winner’s circle were now far behind as he stood gingerly on his sore feet, trying to avoid the desperate kicks of other horses, tethered unnaturally close. Finally, when instinct and adrenalin combined to provide the sheer strength to do it, he broke free. […]
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Clubhouse Q&A: KY horse world topic of Ph.D.
The daughter of rodeo-riding parents, Tamar V S McKee has parlayed her roots with horses into an anthropological study of the many facets of the horse world. The doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology is putting the finishing touches on a dissertation that examines the Kentucky horse world, up close. Doing field work at two Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation facilities, and elsewhere in Bluegrass country, she has studied the horse-human relationship, the inner conflicts polarizing the horse world, and so much more. In this week’s Clubhouse Q&A, McKee, an equestrian and academic, discusses her exciting work. Q: You’re writing a dissertation on […]
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Seattle Slew grandson runs away with her heart
Trotting briskly through flowering apple orchards, her heavyset, old-world type Thoroughbred looked like he’d walked off the pages of a Blood-Horse Magazine from 50 years ago. Ears forward, he seemed a little uptight; he was ready for anything. Now, sitting deep in her saddle, Tamara Sheremata coaxed the spunky grandson of Seattle Slew to follow the pack of trail horses. Up ahead, the lead rider suddenly announced she was going to do a “little cantering.” And that’s when ex-racehorse Thoroughbred Breaking the Rules must have heard the bell of the starting gait! Like a shot, he shifted into overdrive and […]
