Renaissance TB Show set for Sept. 29
Though it was canceled mid-summer, organizers and attendees of the Thoroughbred Renaissance Horse Show will prove on Sept. 29th that the show, in fact, must go on. And it will. Beginning at 8 a.m. at the Tammy Johnson Training at White Birch Stables Schooling Show at 59 Blanchard Road, Wilton, N.Y., a series of schooling English and Western classes will unfold, offering “diehard” Thoroughbred fans an opportunity to show off their off-track Thoroughbreds, says show founder, Fiona Farrell. Although Farrell was forced to cancel the second-annual event due to issues about the event location, fans and competitors came out of […]
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The great race mare Lotka dies at 30 in Ky
(Press Release)—Lotka, the 30-year-old Kennelot mare by Danzig, died yesterday at Our Mims Retirement Haven in Paris, Kentucky. Lotka had been a resident there since August of 2008. “We have had many great mares at OMRH but none as full of life as Lotka,” says Jeanne Mirabito, Our Mims president. “She was magnificent, the heart of the farm. As crushed as I am at her passing, I was honored to be part of her life.” The late Henryk de Kwiatkowski was responsible for Lotka’s breeding, and the mare ran under his Kennelot Stables colors. Lotka won the Grade 1 Acorn […]
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Rood & Riddle Q&A on Equine Lyme disease
Ubiquitous news reports of Lyme disease and its affects on humans warn of dire consequences for those who ignore the bite of an insect the size of a pencil tip. Dr. Bonnie Barr, VMD, DACVIM, of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, says the tiny insect can also have a weighty effect on our 1,000-pound equine friends. In a Veterinary Answers Q&A with OffTrackThorouhgbreds.com, Dr. Barr offers her perspective on the disease, providing tips for prevention, and suggestions on where to look for a tick that may be nestled into a horse’s hair. The 1997 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, […]
