Facebook friends send an OTTB to Burghley
Not born of silver spoons or anything easy, but with grit to soldier-on even after nearly losing her life in a rotational fall at Rolex 2008, an American rider and her OTTB went to Burghley last month to compete on the undulating fields of the manor born, with nothing more than bootstraps and help from her friends. Past castles reaching skyward with their weathered spires and over freshly cut lawns with the feel of manicured golf courses, rode four-star American Eventer Lainey Ashker on her 16-year-old off-Track Thoroughbred Anthony Patch; together they challenged in the crème de la crème of […]
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Parx enforces zero tolerance policy on slaughter
A Parx Racing official announced this week that the racetrack has imposed sanctions against a racehorse owner in accordance with the track’s zero tolerance of horse slaughter. Sam Elliott, director of racing/racing secretary, announced that stabling privileges were revoked from the last owner connected to 4-year-old Thoroughbred Wolf King, who died shortly after he was discovered at the New Holland auction earlier this summer. The owner, Mario Arriaga, who stepped forward to pay the $900 “bail” to purchase the animal back from meat buyers after the horse was discovered at the New Holland auction on Aug. 3, has appealed the […]
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Famous painting OTTB offers coloring books!
(Press Release) Gettysburg, Pa.— Adult coloring books are hot, and so is this best selling artist from Gettysburg, Pa. who just happens to be a horse….a painting horse. Metro Meteor, a 12 year old retired thoroughbred racehorse took up painting when his hobbled knees prevented him from having a second career away from the track. He soon became the best selling artist at Gallery 30 in Gettysburg. Now Metro has designed his first coloring book titled: Coloring with Metro with all the drawings designed by Metro and his artist/owner, Ron Krajewski. “Metro will paint with whatever he can hold in his mouth, be […]
