Reader’s Clubhouse: Thoughts on slaughter
Jill Pflugheber, a microscopy specialist with St. Lawrence University in New York, is an academic with horses on the brain, and in her heart. In an earlier life, she bred Thoroughbreds. Today, she is the proud owner of ex-racehorse Thoroughbred Napoleon Dynamite. Like many fans of Thoroughbreds and racing, and horse lovers of all levels, she has some strong opinions about horse slaughter. In this week’s Reader’s Clubhouse, Pflugheber offers her opinion on the state of slaughter, observing some positive signs in the quagmire, and areas where more could be done. Q: As a former Thoroughbred breeder who owns an […]
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Suffolk Downs alum events, does police work
No way, Jessie Cameron thought. The animal in question looked more like a Quarter Horse than a sleek-bodied racehorse, and she was sure she could do better. So sure, that every weekend for months, the avid eventer and U-Mass Mounted Police officer, stalked the Suffolk Downs backside, sleuthing for a horse to event with after college. Traipsing up and down the dusty shedrows, she peeked into stalls, and beseeched trainers to pull their horses out for her inspection. And when she wasn’t on the backside, she was on the computer, poring over CANTER New England Trainer Listings. “I had very […]
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Ariz. horseman keeps all her horses safe
Every morning the youngster sprang from bed, exhilarated. Hers was only a little “job” granted by a kindly neighbor who doubtlessly wanted to allow the horse-loving girl a glimpse of his temptingly beautiful herd of racehorses. But it was an awesome responsibility for a 10-year-old. “It was my job to look after the horses,” recalls Patti Shirley, vice president of the Pima County Horseman’s Association. Her work, essentially, was to guard them. She walked the fields to make sure the horses were all fine—that nobody had hurt themselves in a fluke accident— and she kept an eye out for trespassers. […]
