After slab fracture, a grateful OTTB heals, bonds
The shining ex-racehorse looked at Laura Jones with trusting, liquid-brown eyes as if to say he knew she would make him well. Carrizo Creek had sustained a slab fracture in his knee after seven lackluster starts at various Florida tracks, when he was introduced to Jones at the Calder Race Course. If he was in pain, he didn’t show it. He was gentle and calm as he walked out of his stall to allow Jones to look him over, and later, he willingly allowed himself to be led to a trailer and hauled off to the next chapter of his […]
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1st Jockey Club Thoroughbred show set in NE
The first Jockey Club-sponsored Thoroughbred show to be held in New England will take place at Saddle Rowe in Medway, Mass., Oct. 7. With funding from the Jockey Club’s newly established Thoroughbred Incentive Program (TIP)— an initiative to encourage retraining of ex-racehorse Thoroughbreds in new careers— event organizers Melody Taylor Scott and Velma Emery have great expectations for the show. “I think it’s going to be big!” says Scott, president of event umbrella organization, North East Thoroughbred Sporthorse Association. “Because the show comes in October, I have a feeling people chasing points will come from all over to attend,” she […]
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Reader’s Clubhouse: Talking OTTB T-shirts
Welcome to Reader’s Clubhouse! Every week, Off-TrackThoroughbreds.com plans to look at the lighter side of life with an OTTB. Fashion trends among the best-dressed (or most comfy) horse and rider teams, fitness routines, recipes, the art of balancing family with barn time, and discussions to help us all navigate the maze of brands in equipment and gear, are all topics that will enliven the conversation. In the first installment of Reader’s Clubhouse, equestrian Kristen Shellenbarger discusses her new T-shirt design and the inspiration behind it. Q: Kristen, which came first, the OTTB, or the T-shirts? A: Surely the OTTB! In […]
