All abuzz for Secretariat’s birthday party
Secretariat’s annual birthday celebration this weekend is expected to be doubly exciting in the wake of last year’s Triple Crown victory by American Pharoah, an amazing horse whose lineage dates back to the legendary red racehorse who ran away with the Triple Crown in 1973. Leeanne Meadows Ladin, Secretariat Tourism Manager at the Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Va., says though the lineage between the two great horses dates back a long ways, it’s there, and that connection helps to underscore the horse who will be feted April 1-3 during the annual Secretariat Birthday Celebration at The Meadow. “When Pharoah […]
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An OTTB partners up with a homicide det
A homicide detective with a wasting disease and an ex-racehorse who lacked the appeal to attract a new owner, each found their second chance, with one another. After Susan Kimball was diagnosed with Mitochondrial Disease, a rare degenerative disorder that can confine its victims to a wheelchair, she said goodbye to her longtime career with the Biloxi, Miss. police force, and in 2009, began looking for another outlet. “I was on the police force for 10 years and a homicide detective for eight of them. I was very passionate about what I did, and after I had to retire, I […]
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Black mare repays girl who promised to save her
A beautiful black mare saved from slaughter two years ago by a girl who tearfully begged a meat buyer to release his claim on the horse, has recently shown her devotion to the girl in spades. Last month, after spending years out to pasture, and a lifetime as a broodmare, the mysterious horse who has been tentatively identified as Bag O Glitter accepted without a qualm the weight of young Emma Myruski, who clambered onto her back with a heart brimming with trust. “Some people would call my daughter reckless for what she did,” says Emma’s mother and Thoroughbred advocate Kay O’Hanlon […]
