Gary Stevens gives Mucho grant to help T’breds
Two days after winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic aboard Mucho Macho Man, leading US jockey Gary Stevens pledged a portion of his purse winnings to a Texas Thoroughbred charity seeking to better treat injured racehorses. Remember Me Rescue President Donna Keen announced this week that the top-winning jockey and his wife Angie Stevens pledged $5,000 to the horse charity; the funds will go toward the purchase of an expensive piece of equipment to help racehorses recover from racing injuries such as bowed tendons. Keen is actively fundraising to buy a $60,000 cold, salt-water spa to treat the injuries of ex-racehorse […]
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Q&A: Leland Neff, an abiding love of horses
Jet-setting fashion photographer Leland Neff rode to the highest peaks in a career that carried him around the world, and filled his days and nights with dazzling imagery and beautiful people. And yet at his core remained a rock-solid passion for what he found to be the most beautiful inspiration of all. The horse. Since Neff was 3 years old and growing up in Texas, he has immersed himself in the sheer joy of being next to them, riding them, and even becoming a talented rodeo rider in his youth. By age 6, Neff also discovered his natural talent for […]
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Ragamuffin T’bred finds someone to love him
Bedraggled and hanging half forgotten like a child’s rain-soaked stuffed animal, RV Smokin Joe was about the sorriest looking Thoroughbred Caroline LaCombe had ever laid eyes on. Wearing a 17.2 hand frame like an ill-fitting suit, his neck too short, his hair matted or worn away completely in spots, he peeked tentatively at the Texas barn manager who’d ridden along with a friend to check out the horse, now for sale. “My friend called me and asked if I wanted to go look at a Thorougbred at a local rescue, and he was about 45 minutes away from the barn […]
