Q&A: John Holland, Equine Welfare Alliance
How an electrical engineer once heading up a robotics company servicing the nuclear industry came to be testifying against horse slaughterhouses later in life came down to a news article and a mare. “It was 2003 when my wife Sheilah brought home an article about PMU mares” whose urine is harvested to create estrogen treatments for women “and that article led to our decision to adopt a PMU mare,” says John Holland. And that decision is what led to what he jokingly refers to as the “downward spiral” into horse-welfare advocacy work, which includes the founding and presidency of 501 […]
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OLEX T’bred shines at Royal Winter Fair
Alysha Kadar braced for impact. Cantering into the path of a spooking chestnut, Kadar expected to become pinned between the nervous animal and the wall of the show ring as she and her Thoroughbred Caliburn neared the commotion. But as the jumpy animal’s powerful hind end came closer, and before Kadar could take evasive action, her Thoroughbred, a castoff horse purchased from the OLEX auction the year before, proved that in tight spots, he had control. “Just as we were riding up beside (the spooking horse), and his bum came right toward us, Caliburn collected right up, changed his gate, […]
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Maggi Moss claims Tortuga Straits, on to Texas
In an all-out effort to retire multiple stakes winner Tortuga Strait after 61 starts and more than $830,000 in earnings, top owner Maggi Moss joined forces with two Thoroughbred advocates last month to claim and retire the war horse after his final race. Following his first-place finish at Delta Downs Dec. 19, Moss claimed the 9-year-old after the animal appeared on a “watch list” monitored by Gail Hirt of Beyond the Roses Equine Rescue and Retirement and Donna Keen of Remember Me Rescue. “There’s a group of women, including Gail of Beyond the Roses Rescue, and we’re constantly looking for […]
