Trampled kill-pen mare readies for show
The mare’s bandaged feet oozed with abscesses, useless to deflect the blows that rained down upon her. One sharp kick, and then another, came without mercy from a band of frightened horses who tore at the tattered coat of the weakest among them. As she lay in the soft mud of the Hermiston Auction in Oregon last February, her life spiraled away. “There were a couple of mares who stood guard over her, but the alpha mares were pretty relentless with the attacks,” recalls Mary Lei, founder of local rescueRescuing Equines in Need(REIN), who watched in horror as the silent […]
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$100K T’bred Makeover seeks 500 trainers
Retired Racehorse Project (RRP), a nonprofit organization that promotes off-track Thoroughbreds for multiple equestrian sports, today opened an online application for participation in the 2016 Thoroughbred Makeover. The Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium will take place October 27-30 at the Kentucky Horse Park. It features competition in freestyle, eventing, barrel racing, dressage, polo, show jumping, working ranch, show hunter, field hunter, and competitive trail, with prize money of $100,000 including a $10,000 America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred prize and a $5,000 Thoroughbred Ambassador Award. The event also includes educational demonstrations, seminars, a Makeover Horse Sale, and a Sponsor Fair. The Makeover […]
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She never stopped believing in her ‘rank’ T’bred
“Thin, rank and dangerous” was how a Thoroughbred named after a famous military sniper came shooting back into their lives. Mawhinney, the son of famous sire Scat Daddy, and named for Vietnam soldier Chuck Mawhinney, had the long- haired appearance of a disaffected war veteran when Kathryn and Christian Currey claimed back their horse from Mountaineer Race Track two years ago. Hiding in the back of his stall with an attitude that said ‘go away,’ the plain bay was thin and a bit gun shy when he was plucked from his 9-race career and turned loose on the couple’s Tennessee […]
