TRF raises $200K for 900 thoroughbreds
The Foods of Anne Burrell, a fundraising gala for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation in Saratoga Springs Sunday night, raised over $200,000 for the charity which places retired racehorses in second careers and in pioneering programs at correctional facilities in nine states. The evening’s highlight–-other than the outstanding food prepared by Burrell, a chef made famous by the Food Network–-was an auction of stallion seasons and unique experiences. The auction was topped by a winning bid of $37,000 by Bob Masterson for a 2016 no-guarantee season (with right of breedback in 2017) to Lookin at Lucky, the leading second-crop sire, donated […]
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‘Everglades Horse’ fights for his life— again
Prodigioso the “Everglades Horse,” who courageously battled back from starvation and abuse three years ago to become an A-rated show horse and star of the OTTB world, was stricken 10 days ago by a mysterious illness. After first exhibiting mild signs of discomfort, Prodigioso spiraled downhill on Aug. 1 and was rushed to the Milton Equine Hospital, where he was treated “round-the-clock” for renal failure, says owner Marilyn Lee of Sherwood Farm in Ontario. The adorable chestnut OTTB who was rescued in 2012 from the Florida everglades, injured, starved and freshly blinded in one eye, was in the bloom of […]
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Weekly Photo: Acadia’s mountain-climbing OTTB
Miss Rubynell and her owner/rider Katherine Detmer both packed up their old lives to start fresh in Maine. Two years ago, Detmer was fresh out of architecture school and beginning her new career when she wrote a $1,000 check, money she could ill afford at the time, to buy the OTTB she’d made friends at the barn where she took riding lessons. Miss Rubynell New name: Eveliina Barn name: Daisy Sire: Secret Slewisky Dam: Far Beyond Compare, by Pandan Foal date: Jan. 31, 2003After learning the mare she calls Daisy was to be swapped for a better lesson-horse prospect, Detmer […]
