Inmate hired by racehorse farm, a 2nd chance
After a life caught up in a “revolving door” of drugs and trouble, a 41-year-old Virginia inmate who found his calling working with retired racehorses at the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, will exit prison this coming September and go straight to work at a well-known racehorse facility. Jason Holland, a model inmate at the James River Work Center who is lauded as a talented individual who possesses a natural gift for handling difficult horses, will step out of prison and onto the green grass of Horseshoe Hill Farm in Virginia. And just like that, a man who had previously worried about […]
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Big winner nearly dies on the way to slaughter
All that money, nearly a half million dollars worth of racetrack winnings, couldn’t help her as she thrashed in panic and fear. Flailing beneath the hooves of 30 other terrified horses, last December in a tractor-trailer heading for a Canadian slaughterhouse, once-winning race mare Press Exclusive had lost her balance on the truck, and her place in the world. No longer valuable as a racehorse or a broodmare — she gave birth to nine foals—she fell down among the legs and hooves of the other slaughter-bound horses, and was pummeled as she struggled beneath them, writhing in the shavings and […]
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Big racing helps fund Pimlico t’bred show
A record number of donors—including Triple Crown winner American Pharoah’s Zayat Stables— stepped up this year to support the 4th annual Totally Thoroughbred Show at Pimlico Race Course; and in a big way! Because of generous support from the pinnacle of racing, including Stonestreet Stables, which donated proceeds from its 2015 Black-Eyed Susan win, the horse show for ex-racehorse Thoroughbreds was an affair that brought out the best in everyone, says horse show manager Phoebe Hayes. “Because of the generosity of our sponsors, we were able to bump up our purse money and we had one of our best years […]
