OTTB’s pals see past facial hole, just love him
At Brigitta Bogen’s Texas farm, looks and disabilities don’t matter so much. Never was that single fact as clear as on a February day this year when a funny looking ex-racehorse came to live on her farm. Hammersmith was just settling into his large stall with Dutch doors, when a group of excited youngsters burst excitedly into the barn, wanting to get a look at the new guy. From over the top of his stall door, he peered at them face on, revealing, as if he’d been the poor loser in a fight, a one-inch hole beneath his right eye, […]
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Clubhouse Q&A: Remaking her OTTB
His coat shining, his ears forward, Duncan moved in balance with his owner and rider Lauren Cheeseman. It took about a year to arrive at this point, and Cheeseman was so proud of their accomplishments that she had photos taken that would always remind her of how wonderful it felt to be riding her trusty ex-racehorse on a perfect Canadian day. In this week’s Clubhouse Q&A, Cheeseman talks about her accomplishments with her ex-racehorse, who ran under the name El Gran Papa, as she looks eagerly toward a future of showing. Q: Lauren, you recently had a wonderful series of […]
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Jockey Club, Rood & Riddle on microchipping
They’re the size of pencil lead, but as an identification tool for racehorses, the implantable microchip leaves an indelible mark; one that neither fades nor blurs with the passage of time. For it’s undeniable accuracy in revealing the identity of a Thoroughbred racehorse, and other breeds, use of the microchip has been embraced in the European horse world, according to Bob Curran, the Jockey Club’s vice president of corporate communications. “They’re a really good means of secondary identification,” says Curran, noting that in 2008, the Jockey Club began encouraging Thoroughbred owners to microchip their horses, offering them for sale on […]
