T-bred activist donates show winnings to horses
Fran Burns has been described as a relentless crusader for Thoroughbreds. Tirelessly, she volunteers for Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue. Often on the phone late into the night, working on nonprofit business, she never loses her energy for championing the cause. And her own off-track Thoroughbred, Dreamer, who raced under the name Token Gesture, is going stride-for-stride right along with her. As a gifted show horse, Dreamer raises awareness about the virtues of ex-racehorses-turned- Sporthorses, and when he wins, all the horses at Angel Acres win. This is because whenever Dreamer takes home a blue ribbon, Burns donates to the […]
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Lisa Molloy to exit New Vocations for VA post
After retraining 300 ex-racehorse Thoroughbreds in three years for the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program in Kentucky, steeplechase-trained equestrian Lisa Molloy will, in two weeks, ride off into the sunset. Molloy, the fair-haired Englishwoman who is often pictured schooling racehorse prospects for New Vocations, has decided to relocate to Virginia. However, Molloy will not let dust collect on her riding boots for too long! She plans to start work immediately, training private horses at East Coast Equestrian Training Center in Virginia, and helping re-train Thoroughbreds for a locally based Thoroughbred nonprofit. Her decision to leave Lexington, Ky., was not easy, […]
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From New Mexico track with Love, Red is home
Some might say Redabyebye was once a horse with a pile of cards stacked against him. As racehorses go, he wasn’t all that good. And, he ran in low claimers at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico, a racetrack recently investigated by the New York Times for its high rate of death and injury to jockeys and horses. In seven starts, Redabyebye hit the board only once, winning a mere $1,800 for a second-place finish. With such a poor showing at a track so near to Mexican slaughterhouses, his fate could have been in question. Yet, the stars aligned for this sweet-faced […]
