Oldest Secretariat son to reunite with jockey
Though Fast Market toiled in relative obscurity on the racetracks of Canada and the U.S., logging 144 starts with not much to show, the oldest living son of Secretariat was never forgotten by those who knew him in his heyday, not even after 25 years. The bright chestnut gelding with four white feet, once famous for bucking off riders, and the inevitable “loose horse!” announcement that followed, has recently come blasting back into the life of his erstwhile jockey. A horse so loved that when the old jock saw the picture of a horse he assumed had perished long ago, he went diving for […]
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Liberated from illegal butcher, a horse inspires
Tied to a tree in the Florida Everglades, the Thoroughbred with the fortuitous name Freedom’s Flight awaited his fate: death in an illegal slaughterhouse. He stood on a shattered leg that had snapped in April 2008 at a Gulfstream Park race, as his face swelled grotesquely and oozed mucus from Strangles, a contagious disease so severe he was nearly choking with it. Awaiting the thrust of a knife deep into his heart, like the horse in line just ahead, the great-great grandson of Secretariat was far from the eyes of the public, and adoring horse fans. He was in the […]
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Photo of the Week: Shiloh’s Star is rising
Shiloh’s Star wasn’t suitable for the racetrack, but he’s been a natural with his 16-year-old rider Evan Clark of Richmond, Va. Purchased as an event prospect, the handsome gelding and young rider recently started training with four-star Eventer Lainey Ashker. In this photo, the pair competes at the Virginia Starter Trials last March, where they finished 2nd in the Advanced Green division. “They make a great team learning Eventing together!” says Evan’s mother Kara Clark.
