Famous horses and horsemen salute OTTBs
Breeders’ Cup party at Old Friends Georgetown, Ky. (Press Release)— Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Ky., will host a special Breeders’ Cup Celebration on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 from noon to 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 for the general public, $15 for shareholders and Old Friends members and can be reserved now by contacting the farm at (502) 863-1775. The day will include a BBQ buffet by Furlong’s Catering, farm tours, live music and both live and silent auctions of racing memorabilia, collectible stallion halters, photography and other artwork—much of which will celebrate winners of past Breeders’ Cup […]
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Multiple Choice: A malcontent to pageant winner
Had he been human, he’d have been the hard working guy who avoids the water cooler, and wants only to be left alone at the end of the day. Graded stakes winner Multiple Choice was just about as cut and dried as a horse can come, recalls longtime trainer Jimmy Jerkens, who says, “He was very professional with his training, but he never really wanted to be around people—he was even a little bit of a malcontent in the barn.” But he was a hard-trying malcontent who took his work so seriously, says Jerkens, that for years after he was […]
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Photo of the Week: Horse husbandry
In 2010, Susan and Gary Mangus wound down their lifelong show and breeding business in the Quarter Horse world, and soon decided to purchase OTTB mares Rosehanna, followed shortly by Zip of Fools. The pair, pictured with Gary, boasted impressive track records and bloodlines, and so the husband/wife team decided to make them mothers. “I know there are people out there who will criticize us for breeding these mares, but they are both good enough to have their genetics continued. The mares have forever homes with us, neither will be sold,” Susan Magnus says. “And so they live like pampered queens […]
