Schiaparelli retires, ends Breeders’ Cup goal
Jan Vandebos of RanJan Racing, Inc. announced last week that Schiaparelli, winner of the July 6 Royal Heroine Mile at Hollywood Park, would be retired sound, rather than trained for the upcoming Breeders’ Cup. Following the racemare’s gate-to-wire win over the turf, Vandebos excitedly discussed hopes for her lovely gray with OffTrackThoroughbreds.com last week, including her plan to run the gorgeous daughter of Ghostzapper in racing’s richest meet. But plans changed abruptly when a bone scan done as a precaution, showed a degenerative condition for which the mare had been successfully treated, might now be returning. Rather than risk injury […]
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She broke her back, but held tight to her dreams
A Pennsylvania English teacher who broke her back while dismounting from a horse is fighting back as a Para-equestrian. Emboldened by personal grit, rewarded for refusing to give up her place in the saddle, Katie Passerotti, 32, of Hermitage has successfully battled her way back from a rare accident in May 2007 that fractured the first lumbar of her vertebrae. The accident was a total fluke, which marked the beginning of a long, difficult journey that had, at its finish line, an un-raced Thoroughbred who would help crystallize Passerotti’s dreams and passion. But first, the journey. On a beautiful May […]
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Totally Thoroughbred Show at Pimlico Saturday
(Press Release) The Maryland Jockey Club will host the second annual Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show on the Pimlico Race Course infield on Saturday, July 13. The event starts at 9 a.m. Admission is free. The inaugural event, last July, featured nearly 800 entries and raised $16,500 for the official charitable beneficiaries. The Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show is the brainchild of Maryland Jockey Club racing secretary Georganne Hale and Stacie Clark-Rogers, manager of the Adena Springs Retirement Program. “I didn’t have a clue how big it was going to be,” Hale said. “Heading into it I thought we might get 20 horses total but […]
