Creepy guy in Santa hat foiled by brave t’bred
A mere 16 days before the Pennsylvania Horse Expo, Beverly Strauss pulled a previously lame Thoroughbred out of her field, and decided to attempt something absurd. In an outdoor arena made ugly by winter, she tacked up ex-racehorse Blitzburgh with one thing in mind—to try to spook him! They walked over a tarp; they dragged a wooden board; they moved around the ring while a horse in an adjacent barn whinnied noisily. And then the well-esteemed Thoroughbred advocate nearly fell off her horse—laughing. She laughed because Blitzburgh proved on that day, and throughout the super-fast preparation for an expo event […]
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TCA partners with AmWest to help t’breds
LEXINGTON, Ky. – In a new partnership between AmWest Entertainment and Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA), horseplayers will now be given the option to donate to the national horse charity through their wagering accounts. Through a simple click on the TCA logo, which can be found on the dashboard of a player’s AmWager account, a horseplayer can send funds, which will, in turn be used to fund TCA grants to horse charities. In 2013, the TCA supported 72 nonprofit organizations with more than $500,000 in donations, according to a press release. And the partnership is a welcome addition to that […]
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Low claimer ran 5 straight, bought by breeder
Jan Vandebos swooped in like the fairy godmother to retire El Tuscano, a beautiful blood bay who ran five times in five consecutive weeks, floundering in the low claimers of Florida. Working in tandem with Celia Scarlett, of Florida Thoroughbred Retirement and Adoptive Care (TRAC), Frank Taylor of Taylor Made Sales Agency, and trainer Wayne Catalano, the team collaborated to claim El Tuscano on March 7 after the animal put in a predictably lackluster performance in the fourth race at Gulfstream Park. Vandebos set in motion an effort to pluck the horse from the racetrack last month after discovering the […]
