Rescued mare carries on line that nearly died
A filly freed from a shanty where she was slowly wasting away, and who emerged as thin as a “coat hanger with a rag thrown over it,” has regained weight and muscle—and a little something else— under the care and protection of her original breeder. Silver and Smoke’s life hung by a thread last August after she was seized by the South Florida SPCA and the Miami-Dade Police Department. After being been locked for at least three months in quarters so tight she couldn’t fully lift her head, or lie down to rest on the putrid floor, the young filly, […]
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Photo of the Week: A family’s game changer
Simon is in training to be a Special Olympics mount for Dawn Manning’s son Bryan, who suffered a traumatic brain injury eight years ago. Simon seems to sense Bryan’s condition, and displays remarkable patience and gentleness with him. In turn, Bryan has gained confidence and learned to be calm and precise when working with him, Manning says. “It’s a match made in heaven,” she says, noting that Simon (JC: Moccasin Dancer) joined their family in October 2014. Prior to welcoming their “gentle giant,” Manning says she never would have imagined a retired racehorse would be just what the doctor ordered. […]
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Jockey Club to honor top OTTB at Rolex
The Jockey Club will present a High Point award this week to the top-performing Thoroughbred to compete in the fabled Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, an award symbolizing the achievement of ex-racehorses in new careers and their incalculable worthiness. For the fourth consecutive year, the top-performing Thoroughbred will receive a fine leather halter with a brass nameplate denoting the High Point Winner, and a long ribbon featuring Jockey Club colors of navy blue, hunter green, and white. The ribbon, says Kristen Lisheney of the Jockey Club, is a visible reminder of the growing backing the Jockey Club is committing to efforts […]
