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 […]
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Photo of the Week: Mystical gray beauty
One afternoon about three weeks ago, Shannon Smith slipped into a couture jacket and onto the back of her storybook-beautiful gray gelding. Posing for photographer Michele Taras in an outfit by a local designer, the Ontario equestrian and her OTTB Realbigwig romped in the woods without a care in the world. “Normally I wouldn’t ride without a helmet,” Smith says. “But nothing fazes him. He’s super smart and super brave. He’ll do anything you ask; he’s not a spooker and he’s super levelheaded.” Real Big Wig Barn: Russell Sire: Ghostzapper Dam: Pop Princess, by Alphabet Soup Foal date: May 22, […]
