Roadside-rescue colt is children’s show pony
Nobody was looking for Barkinspider the day the shockingly thin colt was collected from a Louisiana roadside like a heap of discarded trash. Just another unwanted ex-racehorse of no particular value, the petite white animal’s coat had fallen out in patches where the rain rot had gotten to it, and his eyes had dulled with a look of defeat. When horse-rescue personnel from the Lafayette Parish Animal Control led him onto a trailer to drive him to safety, he offered neither protest nor fight. It was as if the energy to hope for a better life had been drained away […]
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Phar Lap book penned by mystery-loving rider
Cindy Crank used to pick her children up at the bus stop in a pony-drawn sleigh. The Canadian who grew up just outside Montreal, traces her “horse gene” back to a grandfather who owned racehorses. So she was afflicted with the horse bug throughout a childhood spent enjoying Pony Club and hunts, and well into adulthood, writing marketing materials for the equestrian world. “I was smitten by the whole horse world!” says Crank, author of the new book, The Death of Phar Lap: The Unsolved Never Ending Mystery.” Q: Cindy, why and how did you become interested in Phar Lap? […]
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With $10K raised, Lovell to start V-Day fundraiser
Ontario-based T’bred welfare advocate Mindy Lovell announced this week the success of her $10,000 fundraiser to buy hay and grain for her herd of 43 Thoroughbreds rescued from the slaughter pipeline. Touched by the charity of others, Lovell says she feels buoyed by the successful campaign, even if it represents a single victory in an ongoing battle to keep her rescued horses fed and cared for as she works to find them new homes. Lovell is making appointments with prospective adopters who have shown interest in her horses as she attempts to winnow her herd to a more manageable number, […]
