From hospital to ex-racehorse, overcoming fear
How Carlos Pardo remembers his accident is in disconnected fragments. One moment, riding in a small schooling show in Ocala, Fla., aiming his horse at a jump, and the next, waking up in a hospital bed with his father beside him. His father, a horseman from a long generation of horse-owners, helped him piece together the story. His mount had spooked at something, possibly a backfiring trailer, while Prado was doing his class, and took off. Pardo fell out of the saddle and hit the ground, but a foot remained lodged in the stirrup. “I was dragged back to the […]
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Steuart Pittman to teach NH clinic this weekend
Twenty-one Thoroughbreds, including half-breeds and at least six ex-racehorses, will converge at Green Acres Stables in Madbury, N.H., this weekend to learn cross-country with an advanced eventer and ex-racehorse proponent. Level II instructor Steuart Pittman, who masterminded and promotes the Retired Racehorse Training Project, will take his methods and ideas to the fields of the Seacoast area farm, offering tips and advice for riders seeking to finesses their horses’ cross-country skills. Beyond that, the two-day clinic is a marvelous opportunity to promote ex-racehorse Thoroughbreds as Sporthorses, says Jennifer Montfort, CANTER New England board member. “We’re all on a huge groundswell […]
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Clubhouse Q&A: Her Derby hats help horses
Sally Faith Steinmann is a hat-maker, an artist, and horse-lover who has been in the news lately. Both CNN and the New York Times ran lengthy articles about her Kentucky Derby hats, and the way she has parlayed her gifts as a milliner into charity for ex-racehorse Thoroughbreds. In this week’s Clubhouse Q&A with OffTrackThoroughbreds, Steinmann describes her work, and her passion for horses. Q: Stories about your Kentucky Derby hats have graced the New York Times and CNN.com. Sally, first of all, congratulations. How did these major media outlets find you? A: The timing for the interviews could not […]
