Secretariat grandson to help honor the legend
A 20-year-old grandson of Secretariat, whose star never shined as brightly as the one that hung over the great red racehorse, will step into the yearling paddock once occupied by the famous Triple Crown winner this month and bring a little mystique of his own to a Virginia event designed for horse lovers and Secretariat fans alike. Covert Action, a bay Thoroughbred gelding who looks nothing like his great-granddad, but who still melts hearts and charms onlookers with similar star quality, will appear at Secretariat’s former farm, now named Meadow Event Park, to kick off the annual Virginia Horse Festival […]
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Photo of the Week: Time to bond, relax
Anna Rau used to write the words “my own horse” at the end of her mother’s grocery shopping lists. “She’s written it on every one since she was 2,” says Kate Rau. After realizing her daughter wasn’t going to outgrow the dream of owning her own horse, the family purchased off-track Thoroughbred Iceberg Lounge nearly two years ago. The gray gelding is terrified of dragonflies and his own tail, but adores Anna. “It’s been a really good fit; he is devoted to her and she is to him,” Kate says. Iceberg, who is now named Areion, is doing liberty training […]
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A horse they never gave up on
Most would have given up on Lady MacJazz. Hers was a hard-luck story right from the beginning. Born in 2009, she spent so much time in a hospital stall alongside her sickly mother that there was never even time to get a good baby picture of her. And her mother took a turn later that year and died of colic, leaving Lady MacJazz with the sad distinction of being the last in that line. So from bad luck to bad luck her journey would unfold. In a series of missteps and accidents, Lady MacJazz was plagued: In 2011, the now […]
