Renaissance Thoroughbred show this weekend
Sometime after Donald V. Little died in a riding accident in Wellington, Fla., Fiona Farrell got to thinking about what a renaissance man he had been. Not only was he the successful founder of Centennial Farms racing syndicate, and master of the foxhounds at the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton, Mass., he was also senior vice president of investments at the global financial services company UBS. His zest for life, his continued renewal of spirit that kept him riding over fences well into his late 70s was something to be admired. And while the meaning of Renaissance man played around […]
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Her horses, joyous life—it wasn’t handed to her
There was never a horse in a big red bow waiting for Nancy Richards when she was a kid. Though she pined, like so many little girls her age, for a gallant steed like the one who pranced across the pages of The Black Stallion, her parents were unmoved by her impassioned pleas. From the get-go, they made it clear. If she wanted a horse, she had to earn the money to pay for it. “Growing up, I don’t think many people understood how much I wanted horses in my life,” says Richards, now 26. “But I knew what I […]
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News Briefs: Benburb dies of melanomas
Benburb, Canada’s reigning Horse of the Year in 1992, died in Kentucky last night, according to a press release from Old Friends. The stunning grey gelding, who earned over a million dollars on the racetrack, was euthanized due to complications from melanomas on Aug. 1 at the Haygard Equine Medical Center in Lexington, Ky, the press release stated. He was 23. Michael Blowen, president and founder of Old Friends says losing the champ was a tough blow. “We were really blessed to have retired Benburb,” Blowen says. “He was the kindest of them all. He was the teacher’s pet to our […]
