Royally bred TB hits jackpot as family horse
Bred to the hilt by the ruler of Dubai, the dappled gray grandson of Easy Goer was nothing like what Laurel Perrigo expected. Unlike his herd mates who grazed indifferently in the fields nearby, paying no heed to the woman who wandered past, this unraced son of Three Chimneys sire, Exchange Rate was perhaps the friendliest animal she’d ever met. “I walked into his stall and he was so personable,” Perrigo says. “He was like, ‘Who are you? What are you about?’ ” Easy Exchange Trader Sire: Exchange Rate Dam: Smooth Charmer, by Easy Goer Foal date: April 22, 2010With […]
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Myopia Hunt Tea & Art Show to benefit TRF
Racing to a photo shoot for a major cosmetic company, longtime fashion photographer Leslie Priggen stopped abruptly, as if blinded by a strobe light. What was she doing, she wondered, as she hurried to get ready for her next assignment while pondering the 22 years that had passed in a blur of dazzling cities, and strict deadlines. “I’d been looking at some animal portraits I’d picked up when I was in England and I had this moment like you see in the cartoons, when a light bulb went off over my head,” she says. “The portraits of animals are always […]
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Rood & Riddle names sport horse of the year
Thomas Edison, a 14-year-old show jumper, was named the 2012 Rood & Riddle Thoroughbred Sport Horse of the Year last month following a sensational season in the show jumper ring with rider Maggie Jayne. The fifth annual award was presented during the annual Thoroughbreds Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) Awards Dinner Sept. 6 before an audience of 400 owners and breeders. TOBA President Dan Metzger noted that the annual Rood & Riddle OTTB award does the industry and retired racehorse a good service. “These awards are a wonderful way to heighten awareness so that we may broaden Thoroughbred horses’ careers […]
