Inmates: T’breds taught patience, work ethic
Being accepted by a horse when the rest of the world shuns you. Enjoying a few moments laughing at a Thoroughbred’s antics, while forgetting the hard time already endured and those still ahead for breaking the law. That’s how three recent graduates of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Second Chances Program in Indiana sum up the rewards of learning horsemanship in prison. George Shuler, Wade Anshutz and James Harrison, who graduated June 8 from the Groom Elite program at the Putnamville Correctional Facilities, were the first three to graduate from the recently redesigned horsemanship program, which teaches a range of skills, […]
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TB saved: Taken to auction, taken back as pet
Moe was sweating hard by the time he reached the Unadilla Auction. Soon he was tied to a wall and left to stand next to a pony so unnaturally close that only fear and the urge to flee animated him. Already separated from his pasture friend, he was so scared standing alongside a desolate row of strange horses inside the western New York auction, that he “nearly pulled himself free,” recalls longtime owner Anne Feltt of Saratoga. “He seemed so lost. I felt terrible for him,” Feltt says. MG Actor Barn name: Moe Sire: Noactor Dam: Watchmyspot, by Forever Casting […]
