Horse saved by racing exec thrives in show ring
A racemare saved from the slaughter pipeline by a former Suffolk Downs official, who later found sanctuary and then a new owner through efforts of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, is today a young girl’s pampered show pony. Arrested Gatorgirl, now a charming show horse with a penchant for bearing her teeth in the dressage ring and for her enthusiasm for polocrosse (lacrosse on horseback) was once about as far as a horse could get from the world she knows today. Failed multiple times in the low-claimers at Suffolk Downs, the lovely bay mare was said to be headed for certain […]
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A T’bred danced away from death; twinkle toes
A ragged racehorse, who narrowly escaped the slaughterhouse with the help of a kind stranger, has blossomed into a fancy stepping dressage prospect loved beyond measure. Got the Urge, a 3-year-old Thoroughbred gelding who wound up at the Camelot Auction in 2013, made it out on Thanksgiving Day after Rhiannon Toman awoke from nightmares about the vulnerable animal and quickly decided to save him. And in no time, the bleak animal has gone from an 800 pound, ewe-necked horse to a beautiful mover admired by many in just a few short years. Affectionately known as Surge, his rags-to-riches story turned on […]
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3 time’s a charm as racemare finds her place
A mare who spent too much of her early life in the wrong place at the wrong time has found just the spot from which to launch herself into a successful career. Magna’s Majesty had the cards stacked against her as both a racehorse and broodmare. “She was well bred for racing, and she probably would have done well on the track, but it’s like she just had bad luck,” says owner and rider Katie Buxton. She notes that her first career was cut short when the mare’s race owner was forced to sell her for financial reasons. And bad […]
