Lazarus rises from field, free of laminitis
When he was so sick with toxic laminitis that his feet hurt too much to stand, the bay Thoroughbred nicknamed Lazarus would lie down in a tranquil pasture near his barn. And, Kristen Shellenbarger would lie down beside him. As she reached out to caress her first horse, dread of his impending euthanasia gripped her. She made the appointment because, at this point, all medical advice pointed to this sad, inevitable conclusion, she explains. “I didn’t want him to be in pain, and I didn’t know what else I could do for him,” she says, adding, ” I’d just lie […]
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Neartic Ice finishes campaign in sunny FL
Everyone thought Portia Winters had lost it. Why, her curious friends asked, would she even consider owning a racehorse who had lived and competed on a track for eight years? He’d be lame, they chorused. He’d have battle scars, they reasoned. Winters knew better. Having spent the better part of her equine career retraining and reselling animals that others might not have given a second look, she was fairly confident that Neartic Ice could be let down from a long, winning career at the Fort Erie racetrack, and emerge as a wonderful riding horse. So, when Canadian jockey, and friend, […]
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After the storm Lil’ Albert is great, like daddy
Lightning glanced across the angry, purple sky as Lil’ Albert strode toward the starting gait.
His bright, bay coat glistened darkly in the downpour, and Holly Taylor, equally soaked, squinted to see through the storm to the first jump.
As horse and rider prepared to surge into the Preliminary cross-country competition at Kentucky’s Flying Cross Farm, the storm unleashed a one-two punch, lightning and thunder so forceful that the competition was momentarily halted.
Horse and rider were sent back to the barn to wait out the storm, shivering wet.
