Sam P ran the Derby, was meant for dressage
By any measure, onetime Kentucky Derby contender Sam P was a whole lot of horse. Frequently placing in multiple graded stakes races —3rd in the 2007 Santa Anita Derby and 9th in the Kentucky Derby that same year— the hard knocking chestnut gelding earned close to $400,000 in 31 starts before he was ultimately retired to pursue a hunter/jumper career. Although he ran into a bit of a tight spot finding his permanent home— at one point he was reportedly offered for sale at $20,000, but there were no takers—all the cards fell into place for him last February, according […]
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Riding away from cancer on her T-bred
Riding all day through the Kenyan wilderness, passing zebras and gazelles in her quest to keep on moving, the 70-year-old Texan, and recovering cancer patient, wasn’t trying to be a hero about her health. But she wasn’t about to take her 50-50 prognosis lying down either. Anna Beeson considers herself to be lucky. “I’m a member of a Stage 4 cancer survival group, and when I read their emails and they write about all their worries,” Beeson says. “I think they should all get out of the house and go do what they love. Everybody in life ought to have […]
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Donner takes 5th at Rolex, TBs rock it
Fresh from her dramatic fifth-place finish at the 2013 Rolex Kentucky 3-Day, Lynn Symansky spoke of her hard-charging, tireless ex-racehorse Donner the way so many others, these days, are marveling at the comeback of Thoroughbreds in sport. “The off-track Thoroughbreds have come back into style again,” Symansky says in a telephone interview. “In my career, I’ve ridden all types of horses, and if I had my choice, I’d choose an off-track Thoroughbred any day of the week.” With good reason. During the grueling three-day course, Olympians and top international riders battled extremely challenging terrain, leaping enormous jumps, down steep ditches […]
