Broodmare, 21, is Calif. gymkhana champ
Elevator Gail, a 21-year-old former broodmare who gave birth to her last foal in dramatic fashion, has proven to have many more surprises up her sleeve in the competitive sport of gymkhana, a sport of speed racing, and timed games. And while her work may be timed, at age 21, she is far from being out of time. The elastic bay mare won the year-end Division 4 Championship of the Fullerton Recreational Riders Association in California this summer, beating 11 other horse/rider pairs. The 15.2 hand Thoroughbred —the only Thoroughbred in the competition—was like lightning as soon as she got […]
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In prison for drugs, horses show her new path
Beneath the sheltering leaves of a dogwood tree, a once-respected member of a Florida sheriff’s department, stripped of her dignity, her job and her self-worth, kneeled down in her prison garb near a gentle ex-racehorse who himself had never amounted to much. Pale chestnut Frosty Grin, with no obvious care in the world, lowered his head to snack in companionable silence as Farrah Ward lowered her head to rest it against a park bench beneath the tree. And there on the prison grounds of the Lowell Correctional Institution, she clasped her hands together and prayed. “I was raised in a […]
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Rescued TB goes on to ribbon at HITS
An underweight stallion who just last March was standing in a small sandy paddock in Florida, his tail caked with manure, his frame shrinking with malnutrition, is today a treasured show pony who recently packed his 15-year-old owner around the estimable HITS Saugerties circuit. Going Coastal’s life story made several quick turns, and looked pretty grim, before helping hands put weight on his body, gave his life a new purpose, and eventually turned him over to Bridget Lautensack, a young Pennsylvania equestrian who had her choice of several first horses, but who only had eyes for the kind Thoroughbred. It […]
