Orphaned young, ridden hard, a change of fate
From the moment he dropped from his mother into the soft, yielding hay, Roger lived the life of a tough-luck horse who somehow managed to stay on his feet. Orphaned at three weeks after his beautiful mother Formula succumbed to colic, Roger would embark on a life buffeted and knocked down by fate, by other horses, and by racing. But somehow, he always managed to get back up. If he had a rock n’ roll anthem, Tom Petty’s lyric “Even the losers get lucky sometime,” might just sum it up. The first foal bred by Pennsylvania horseman Bill McCarthy, Roger […]
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Hats off to Old Friends and new ambassadors
New Vocations taps ambassadors New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program announced the names of 16 ambassadors of the Thoroughbred and Standardbred re-homing organization to represent and promote the successful horse charity. The individual equestrians who adopted ex-racehorses from the program will be asked to blog about their experiences as they participate in a wide range of disciplines with their equine partner, including dressage, eventing, hunter/jumpers, endurance, saddleseat, and driving. The shows, the events, and all other activities that the 16 ambassadors participate in will help spread the good word about the ex-racehorse sport horse, and the New Vocations program, says New […]
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TB numbers at Rolex hold, need to rise
Some of the best riders who will compete later this month at the legendary Rolex Three Day still rhapsodize about their early days riding OTTBs, says Steuart Pittman, founder of the Retired Racehorse Training Project. But most aren’t riding Thoroughbreds; they are riding horses cross-bred to compete at the highest level of a particular discipline. These mounts are very specifically bred for the movement necessary in their particular discipline, be it show jumping, dressage or cross-country, he says. “Even top riders who love Thoroughbreds, like Boyd Martin, who is one of the biggest Thoroughbred advocates around, isn’t entered on one […]
