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 […]
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Cured of Kissing Spine, T-bred finds new home
Beautiful Heartly Smart, free now from back pain after successful Kissing Spine surgery in February, has found a loving new home with a veterinarian who wants only to provide the ex-racehorse Thoroughbred with good care until the end of her days. “There’s no pressure on her,” says Dr. Kathy Collins. “I don’t need to have her anywhere any time soon, so she can get through the process” of post-operative care “before she gets passed to me.” Collins read the chronicles of Heartly Smart’s surgery and aftercare inOffTrackThoroughbreds.com, she says, and eventually decided that she was in the perfect position to […]
