After brilliant 4th Level test, OTTB aims for silver
Bring on the silver! After conquering their first go at 4th Level Dressage at The Garden State Classic last weekend, with a dazzling display of high-scoring pirouettes and lead changes, Sue Gallagher and her off-track Thoroughbred Kaytee Mountain are gearing up to climb even higher. The duo will practice hard this winter and in the springtime start pointing toward another 4th Level Dressage test, followed by two Prix St. George tests, and hopefully will be well on their way to earning enough points in the USDF ranking system to earn a silver medal. The pair earned a score of 63.3 […]
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On a flea-bitten gray, a young girl beats adults
On a flea-bitten gray who once looked old beyond his years rides a fearless young girl who is talented beyond hers. Facing much younger horses with much older riders, 15-year-old Madeline Parisan and her 18-year-old Thoroughbred Hope to Star clinched a hard-won second place ribbon at Plantation Field International Sept. 20. The win has set her up to pursue her goal to move up from One Star to Intermediate and eventually Two Star, says the young rider, who adds that on her OTTB she feels safe and confident enough to face the stiffest competition. “At Plantation Fields, competing against the […]
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An American OTTB goes 4th level this weekend
Kaytee Mountain once trotted with an awkward, sewing-needle gait. Its odd up-down rhythm was all he could manage his first year after a racing career that went nowhere, and once he was the last horse anyone would choose to start in Dressage. “It took us about a year to get a nice, normal trot. It still wasn’t great, it was quick; but, it was definitely better,” says his owner/rider Sue Gallagher of New Jersey. While some may have wondered why the longtime rider, who in Australia, practiced a discipline similar to Dressage, would even consider snapping up a retired racehorse, […]
