A partly blind ex-racehorse is Orb’s go-to pony
Nearly blind in one eye, and possessing none of the flash and pizzazz of more beautiful racehorses, the plain bay Thoroughbred spent most of his life shirking the limelight. Well Well was a weird little horse, recalls his longtime rider Priscilla Godsoe. Though he had a work ethic a mile long, and was one of the most able-bodied and willing mounts on which she’d ever traversed the Pennsylvania foxhunting territory, Well Well was a bit of a loner. “He didn’t like other horses and really didn’t have any friends out in the field,” Godsoe says. “And the first day I […]
