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 […]
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From the back of the pack comes a star eventer
Long-bodied, and elegant, Mighty Mariner was absolutely stunning in last place as he trailed the pack of thundering racehorses. In his first and only race on a Tampa racetrack in January 2011, his trainers had to admit that though he wouldn’t run if his tail were on fire, he sure did cut a fine figure of a racehorse. And before the dark bay cantered across the finish line, Jimmy Miranda of Rapid Run Training Center pulled out his cell phone to text top-level eventer and part-time racehorse trainer Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch, an unabashed fan of the lovely gelding she had helped […]
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Kim Gatto to pen book on OTTB stars
Equine author and Thoroughbred owner Kim Gatto has embarked on a book project she hopes will cause OTTB owners everywhere to stand a little taller, and puff out with pride. In her latest work, due to be published next spring on History Press, Gatto chronicles the stellar careers of OTTBs who have hit the heights, winning Olympic gold, and soaring to greatness with legendary riders. In this week’s Clubhouse Q&A, Gatto names a few of the great off-track Thoroughbreds who will appear in her book, and of her hope that their cache will return at the many horse venues around […]
