Lumpy-legged mare rescued by girl now shows
A lumpy-legged mare destined for slaughter until a fearsome young girl intervened, made her Pony Club showing debut this summer in the next chapter of an “incredible journey” that began in a depressing auction house where all hope seemed lost. Watching from the sidelines and rejoicing at the near-miracle that brought together her 12-year-old daughter Emma Myruski with the beautiful black mare Ruby, longtime Thoroughbred advocate and parent Kay O’Hanlon Myruski says she could not be more proud. “Emma’s dedication and hard work never ceases to amaze me,” says Myruski. “She is an old soul in a young body. She […]
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Pulled off livestock truck, OTTB readies for show
A Thoroughbred mare with the kind eyes of a puppy, having been pulled last year from a livestock truck, rumbling unremittingly toward the slaughter pipeline, debuts next month at the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover Show; all glossy and beautiful as she prepares for her comeback. Mae’s Debut, a 7-year-old lightly raced mare, will compete in two field-hunter divisions and one handy hunter with all the grace with which she has weathered life’s storms. “It’s horrifying to me that she was loaded on a trailer and headed to the meat buyer,” says her owner and rider Kim McVeigh of Factoryville, […]
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In a twist over Rolex jump, pair sealed their fate
Surging toward a fence at the six-minute marker at Rolex, the Thoroughbred slipped badly just before takeoff. In a split second, where others might have been thrown off their game, fearless OTTB sport horse Sound Prospect twisted and turned, practically defying the laws of gravity and launched himself over the four-star jump, exactly between the red and white flags. And in that instant, as the wind whistled and the horse soldiered on through the most challenging course in North America, rider Ali Knowles knew they were invincible. “When we landed at that jump, I thought, damn, this horse is really […]
