After head injury comes victory on Derby Day
Like so many horse and riders who make it to the Kentucky Derby, it’s often a tough road, pitted with seemingly impossible odds. So while an eighth-grade teacher from Forney, Texas and an ex-racehorse with a two inch hole in his head may seem to have little in common with racing’s finest, it was on that celebrated first Saturday in May last year that the pair had their greatest victory. That was the day that Kristi Montgomery, a 40-year-old mother who hadn’t ridden in 20 years, climbed into the saddle of an ex-racehorse she had nursed to health from a […]
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Chauvin targets 3d Level; patience rewarded
On the back of her wildly rearing Thoroughbred, and terrified, Cherie Chauvin’s heart was in her throat. Years earlier, a horse had pulled a similar maneuver while she was in the saddle, and wound up flipping over on top of her, and badly breaking her leg. But this time, she did not fall when her beloved Thoroughbred Katchi Kapshi reared while schooling over a cross-country course; she clung tight with her seat and with poise and determination, eased him over obstacles, and past the unfamiliar ditches that spooked him, so he might become a shining eventing star. This was, after […]
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Rood & Riddle honors TB sport horses
Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital announced the winners of its annual Thoroughbred Sport Horse Awards this week. Making the list for the third time is the beautiful gray gelding Courageous Comet, an exciting and talented animal who has competed at the highest levels of equestrian sport— dashing across fields and jumps at Rolex and the World Equestrian Games. An exemplar of the talent that ex-racehorses possess for sport competition at the end of a race career, Courageous Comet has twice been named the Rood & Riddle Sport Horse of the Year, and has been named four times as a winner […]
