Trail riding tips from seasoned TB trainer
Springtime and horses complete the quintessential picture so many dream about in the coldest depths of winter. But when the barn door is open, and it’s time to step out on that first trail ride, the experience may not be a walk through the park. Without a strong trust bond between horse and rider—one in which the rider knows the horse’s limits, and also understands his or her own capabilities as well, trail riding can be tricky, according to Farah DeJohnette, a Massachusetts-based trainer who specialized in Liberty training. In this week’s Clubhouse Q&A, DeJohnette talks trail riding as she […]
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A ‘Bucket’ of hope, a shining example
With legs as clean and sound as if she never raced a day, Exciting Bucket retired to Our Mims Retirement Haven this month after a lengthy career in the claiming races. The pretty gray mare ran 92 times for owner/trainer Vincent Fariello, earned nearly $90,000, and yet never got claimed away from the family who loved her. After her last race at Turfway in 1999, she had chalked up 19 wins, 10 places, and 14 shows in a lengthy career highlighted by a race with Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day, who rode her to victory in a prep race […]
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T-bred with blown tendon now Jumper champ
It’s been eight years since Money Makes Money was vanned off Gulfstream Park after blowing a tendon in a claiming race. And it’s been about seven since the balloon-shaped injury, which kept him stall-bound for nine months of healing, repaired itself to the point that it’s unnoticeable at the horse shows where he can’t stop winning. The animal who once seemed star crossed, now commands a Jumper show like he was born to a life of triumph and execution. His owner/rider Karen Benson never imagined the gelding nicknamed Mr. Kitster would be anything other than a re-sale project for her. […]
