Long, difficult haul to show ring ends in victory
The scrape of hooves against metal, the profuse sweat of a terrified horse and over-heated owner, and a bleeding cut on the fine horse’s face set the ugly scene of a fierce battle that waged at the sleepy New Jersey horse farm. Neither side would yield. For two hours, the fight dragged on. Nancy Richards, a kindly horse owner, simply wanted to load her beautiful but squirrely racemare Spicer onto a trailer. But Spicer clearly thought something terrible was about to happen. Looking back on that awful July day in 2010, Richards wonders if the off-track Thoroughbred had a terrifying […]
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Remaking her 2nd hardluck horse, joy comes
Money Makes Money was just a broken-down racehorse vanned off to the murky fates beyond the track when Karen Benson got a hold of him. And turned him into a superstar. Never doubting the potential of the pretty-faced gelding who last raced at Gulfstream Park, Benson rehabbed the injured animal’s blown tendon through nine painstaking months, and eventually turned him loose on the show world with great success. A gentleman under saddle, and smart as a whip, he repaid the kindness shown to him, over and over again. He won hunter/jumper shows, took Benson on adventurous trail rides, and kept […]
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Dr. Steven Allday joins Old Friends Board
(Press Release) GEORGETOWN, KY— On July 30, the board of directors of Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, KY, announced that Dr. Steven Allday has been newly elected to the board. Founded by former film critic Michael Blowen in 2002, Old Friends is a retirement facility that now cares for more than 120 retired equine athletes, with farms in Georgetown, KY and in Greenfield Center, NY. “Dr. Allday has already been a valuable contributor to the health and welfare of our horses, and I know he will be a tremendous asset to the board,” said Blowen. Dr. Allday […]
