Picked to live, a dark horse is her chosen one
It was down to the dark gelding or the barren broodmare. She could only take one. Knowing that whoever she passed over would most likely meet a horrific end in the slaughterhouse, Beverly Strauss of MidAtlantic Horse Rescue agonized between the two horses at the New Holland auction on a hot July day in 2006. In the end, and with a breaking heart, she chose the gelding. Relatively young at age nine, the off-track Thoroughbred who previously raced under the Jockey Club name Pardner, a son of wining racehorse Deputy Minister, was squeezed onto a trailer heading for the safe […]
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RanJan Racing embraces racehorse aftercare
Citing difficulties re-homing one of their racing stock, Jan Vandebos and Robert Naify of RanJan Racing announced this month their ongoing commitment to their OTTBs, even if it means keeping some horses forever in their farm-based aftercare program. Building on their commitment to “put the horse first” and keep them sound throughout their careers, Vandebos announced this month that the couple plans to operate its own aftercare at Springtime Farm in California, where their former racehorses will receive scrupulous medical care and be retrained at the horse’s pace. Emulating the laudable horsemanship practiced by their race trainer Richard Mandella and […]
