Road rage briefly delays 3,500 mile OTTB trek
Valerie Ashker and her ex-racehorse Primitivo, who are crossing the United States on a 3,500-mile ride, were forced off the road and nearly run down yesterday in an apparent road rage incident. Ashker, 60, and her horses were making their way along Highway 50, at the mile 45 marker in Indiana when a late model gold Impala flew at them, grazing but not injuring Primitivo, Ashker says. The incident, which was reported to the Martin County Sheriff Department and witnessed by truckers who pulled off the road to help, occurred at about 11 a.m., she says, further explaining: “I was […]
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Gulch’s son Bomber gone but not forgotten
A horse once valued at nearly a quarter million dollars, but who was priceless to his family, died this past August leaving an indelible imprint on the heart of his longtime owner. “He was a one-of-a-kind horse,” says Greenville, S.C. equestrian Jane Patten Polk. “I swam him in the river. I galloped him on the beach. He was just a perfect little jumper who loved to gallop, and who made me the best steeplechase rider I could be.” Bomb Site Barn name: Bomber Sire: Gulch Dam: Orseno, by In Reality Foal date: March 30,1998Polk speaks of a diminutive chestnut Thoroughbred […]
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Rescued Preakness contender reunited at last
A 2011 Preakness contender, plucked in early September from the slaughter pipeline for a mere $100, was reunited last weekend with the racing family who’d named him for a cherished colleague, re-homed him after a successful career, and who, after nearly losing the OTTB, stepped up to facilitate a permanent and safe retirement for the animal. In an emotional moment, multiple graded states placed Thoroughbred King Congie, 8, greeted his former connections at West Point Thoroughbreds weeks after his rescue from auction in Delaware County. President Terry Finley and Chief Administrative Officer Debbie Finley, along with daughter and Communications Director […]
