Jo Anne Normile: Saving Baby is a love story
Jo Anne Normile was all set to get herself a Secretariat grandbaby when fate intervened. The horseman turned author of memoire Saving Baby: How One Woman’s Love for a Racehorse led to Her Redemption, knew little about the racing biz when a colt was born into her arms, and an odyssey that began on the track led her to a quest to raise awareness of horse welfare. In this week’s Clubhouse Q&A, Normile discusses her well-reviewed book, which was inspired by her life with racehorse Reel Surprise (by Reel on Reel), and re-published by St. Martin’s Press. Q: Saving Baby […]
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Spooking at birds, mare jumps into new career
The mad flapping of wings and exuberant barking of a dog hunting his quarry was too much for the young ex-racehorse mare; and she bolted. Putting as much distance between herself and the flock of geese as she could at a mad-dash scramble,Lock The Door made a beeline for the gate of the jump-filled paddock where the ruckus took place, but took the time to put a little flair on her flight. Rather than dash around the obstacles in the ring, she approached each with the aplomb of a tested hunter/jumper show horse, and sailed over the top like she’d […]
