Dubious at first, deep pride grew in gifted T-bred
Riding a T-bred she once looked at with skepticism, her heart now thundered with pride as the pair captured two major awards at the Woodside Spring International Horse Trials. JoAnna Saunders and her ex-racehorse Ansel Adams (JC: Marino Lad) seized the Preliminary Challenge (Rider) and the CANTER California OTTB High Point Award last month after a poor dress rehearsal that day, and three years after a less-than-magical introductory meeting. In this Clubhouse Q&A, Sunders admits she was not immediately bowled over when she first met the dappled gray she nicknamed Easton. After six months of looking, and three failed vet […]
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Million dollar earner retires to Old Friends
(Press Release)—Eldaafer, winner of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Marathon, has been retired to Old Friends. The nine-year-old gelding, who suffered a career-ending suspensory injury last November, arrived at the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Central Kentucky on Monday June 2 along with his inseparable companions, the goats Google and Yahoo. Bred by Shadwell Farm by A.P. Indy out of multiple Grade 1 winner Habibti (Tabasco Cat), Eldaafer easily lived up to his name, which translates as “the victorious.” Campaigned by several owners throughout his career, Eldaafer had developed a reputation early on for being very difficult. But he began to live […]
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Dr. Raul Bras: Chrome’s injury “painful,” common
The injury sustained by Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes bid is a very common racetrack injury, and one that typically does not aversely affect a racehorse’s future career, says Dr. Raul Bras, DVM, CJF of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. The laceration, which can occur when a horse grabs his own heels while exiting the starting gate, is very painful to a horse, says Dr. Bras, who notes that it’s impossible to say at this point whether such an injury would have affected the 4-1 favorite in his quest to win the Triple Crown. “Is it […]
