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Dale Simanton and Drake's Dancer will do this at Pimlico Racecourse. Photo by  Dorothy Snowden

Who let the cows out? Get ready Pimlico!

The Retired Racehorse Training Project’s national symposium planned for the Pimlico Racecourse will feature re-trained ex-racehorses demonstrating skills in traditional Western disciplines, including cow cutting. That’s right. Cow cutting. “When one of our trainers, Dale Simanton, requested some cattle for his demonstration at Pimlico, we all thought he was kidding,” said RRTP president Steuart Pittman. “We didn’t think our friends at Maryland Jockey Club would let cattle anywhere near their racetrack, but we were wrong. “So we had a conference call with Dale and his crew and decided he should not bring just one ranch horse, he should bring as […]