A ‘miracle’ he got out of Bastrop, La. kill pen
A ratty chestnut gelding who by a stroke of luck was able to catch a ride out of the Bastrop kill pen in Louisiana, and be spared the slaughterhouse, is expected to make a grand appearance at a Kentucky horse show next month. A Miracle’s On, a 3-year-old gelding rescued by MidAtlantic Horse Rescue earlier this summer has been entered to compete at the Kentucky Horse Park as part of the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover show, says Bev Strauss, president of the horse rescue. A Miracle’s On Barn name: Mo Sire: In a Walk Dam: My Foriels On Foal […]
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Photo of the Week: A bug’s tale
I’malightningbug has been lighting up life for the Driscoll family of Goffstown, N.H. since the bay grandson of Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold arrived in January 2012. The adorable T’bred now nicknamed, Bug, traveled to the Granite State to serve as a companion horse to the family’s beloved 23-year-old horse Alomar, but soon showed he was really much more of a “people” horse. “I have to say that I have not met a horse like Bug. Having grown up with horses, I’ve been exposed to different personalities, but none quite like him,” says Elise Driscoll. “He gets excited when he sees […]
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A T’bred stood by her in life’s storms, angel
A spinning, rearing Thoroughbred who appeared 15 years ago like a whirlwind in Kelly Hennessy’s life, became a rock she clung to for support during life’s storms. In his mane she wept for the life of her husband, who after 20 years of marriage succumbed to cancer and left her alone in the world, but for the horse. And on the broad back of her 17-hand OTTB Distinguished Gentleman, Hennessy rode through wild rides, suffering cuts, contusions and broken bones, and in the end emerged a stronger and more capable rider and person. Since 2001, the crow-hopping wild child who […]
