Summit: Retired racehorses need more funds
As the fabled Saratoga Meet continued this week, talk of American Pharoah and other great horses was temporarily tabled as horsemen and industry leaders turned their attention to the welfare of retired racehorses during a daylong summit at Fasig-Tipton South Pavilion. And on one point all 50-to-75 attendees could agree: More money is needed to ensure that no horse falls through the cracks when his racing days have ended, says Diana Pikulski, director of external affairs for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. Pikulski, who spoke at the summit, and who was a member of the New York State Task Force on […]
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Denny Emerson opines on Mr. Prospector genes
BY DENNY EMERSON — If you believe that learning about sport horse pedigrees means anything, but you have no idea how to begin, here’s a good place to start. Of all the fairly recent thoroughbred stallions which have had a major impact on creating the modern breed, if you are going to study just one, study this one: Mr Prospector. Love him for his speed, or vilify him for his perceived tendency toward crooked legs and unsoundness, the reality is that Mr. Prospector is a huge influence on the modern thoroughbred. He was by Raise A Native x Gold Digger, […]
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$300K Tiznow son saved from slaughter
Grand Strand, a 4-year-old Thoroughbred who sold for $300,000 as a yearling, was purchased for $950 two days ago by Thoroughbred activists, bravely outbidding a meat buyer looking to fill up his load of slaughter-bound horses headed to Canada. “What a fall from grace, eh?” says Mindy Lovell, an Ontario-based horse rescuer and advocate. Acting on a tip Monday morning from friend and fellow horse advocate Kelly Smith of Omega Horse Rescue of Pa., Lovell, who has rescued many Thoroughbreds and runs Transitions Thoroughbreds in Canada, was able to quickly identify the strikingly pretty Thoroughbred as a top-selling son of […]
