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Victoria McCullough, owner of Chesapeake Petroleum, this weekend pledged to help fund the Totally Thoroughbred Show at Pimlico, and to try to seed shows like it at other racetracks. Photo courtesy McCullough

McCullough to support ‘brilliant’ Pimlico shows

Chesapeake Petroleum’s Victoria McCullough, an international equestrian, philanthropist and horse-welfare advocate, pledged this weekend to financially support the Totally Thoroughbred Show at Pimlico, and to muster her considerable forces to help seed similar shows at racetracks around the country. In a telephone interview with Off-TrackThoroughbreds.com Sunday, the powerful horse-welfare advocate, and recipient of this year’s Earle Mack Award for her “outstanding efforts and influence on Thoroughbred welfare, safety and retirement,” has turned her attention to venues such as Pimlico’s, which showcase the great T-bred sport horse in an event founded by Maryland Racing Secretary Georganne Hale and Adena Springs Retirement […]