An Ontario OTTB teaches 2-year-old to ride
The year-old child let her hand slide through the tantalizingly soft coat of the tall Thoroughbred. Sitting in a specially fitted saddle with handlebar, the wee Ontario child named Tenley leaned toward the front of the saddle, and reached her hands through the ex-racehorse’s silky black mane and down to his soft, smooth withers. Instantly, Tenley hooked on horses, and 12-year-old ex-racehorse Kadin, who was already impressively showing for his owner Edie Urbasik and her daughter Kayla, got yet-another post-racing job: lesson pony for a pint-size rider! To those who scoff at Thoroughbred ex-racehorses, who call them crazy, un-trainable or […]
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Houston crowned champion at Pimlico TB show
(Press Release)—Houston was crowned the overall champion of the Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show July 13 for the second consecutive year today at Pimlico Race Course, edging out Testimonially for top honors. The duo also went 1-2 in the inaugural show last July. Owned by Megan Sullivan, the 13-year-old was ridden by Courtney Sommers. He qualified for the finals with a second place finish, behind Testimonially, in the three-foot jump class earlier Saturday. Testimonially and rider Kara Evans won three classes during the day. “I am really proud of him,” said Sommers, who graduated from Hereford High School (class 2000) and […]
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How a claimer ‘Baby’ inspires OTTB rescue
On the night before Baby’s last race, Angie Francart’s mind did a gallop of its own. Her mother had already warned her that when they arrived at Charles Town Racetrack they would do their best to get the filly back, but there were “no guarantees. “It was difficult not to run to the gate and just grab her halter and yank her back,” Francart recalls. Instead they snuck in. Francart, her husband Gary, and her mother and father hid in the shadows, surreptitiously waiting their chance to lay a claim on a delicate filly, named Just Telling You, who had […]
