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 […]
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Skyeler Icke Voss plans to go big on fiery OTTB
In late 2010, Skyeler Icke Voss was going about her business at Morningside Training Farm in Plains, Va., when lightning struck in the form of a pale horse with no tail. News of the racehorse, said to possess movement so free and athleticism so exceptional, traveled rapidly to the top rider at Morningside by way of an urgent phone call. “I got this call from Stuart Black. He has helped me find all of my horses, and he was literally standing on the backside at Remington Park in Oklahoma,” says Voss, a three-time North American Young Riders Championship who has […]
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Runnymede Farm alum reunited, old pals
The kindhearted Irishman leaned close, placed a steadying hand on the face of the dark gelding, and the beautiful animal pressed his soft muzzle toward his old friend, a pal he’d known his whole life. With the soft green grass of the Kentucky Horse Park cushioning their feet, both horseman and horse stood a moment while their photo was taken, and then the senior horseman moved away, to let the gelding get on with the rest of his day. And he smiled with satisfaction to see that his lovely creation, Upon This Rock, was now quite fancy, his race-training days behind him. […]
