Photo of the Week: Sharing a laugh
Anna Rau used to write the words “my own horse” at the end of her mother’s grocery shopping lists. “She’s written it on every one since she was 2,” says Kate Rau. After realizing her daughter wasn’t going to outgrow the dream of owning her own horse, the family purchased off-track Thoroughbred Iceberg Lounge nearly two years ago. The gray gelding is terrified of dragonflies and his own tail, but adores Anna. “It’s been a really good fit; he is devoted to her and she is to him,” Kate says. Iceberg, who is now named Areion, is doing liberty training […]
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Photo of the Week: Runaway Song fills her heart
An out-of-practice equestrian who hadn’t been in a saddle for 40 years, and an OTTB mare who never made it out of the starting gate, are living proof that life’s unpredictable paths know no bounds. And to underscore that point, Marcie Freeman, 59, of Massachusetts and her 9-year-old mare Runaway Song have forged a strong partnership on 6,000 woodsy acres of the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, Mass., where they hack and even occasionally ride “boot to boot” with the Massachusetts Park Ranger Mounted Unit. “We’ve passed the test to patrol with the Park Rangers, who write tickets and promote […]
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Photo of the Week: Little kids and horses, the joy
St. Augustine, a 2006 son of Point Given, tickles the fancy of a little visitor at the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department during a Mother’s Day event on the Plymouth farm last Saturday. The chestnut gelding, who finished 1st in his last race at Suffolk Downs in 2011, attracted children like a magnet to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) booth. And, when he wasn’t cuddling and accepting snacks from his adoring, pintsized onlookers, he was demonstrating his best moves with fellow OTTB retiree Sonny’s the One. The pair of Thoroughbreds romped around their paddock, which was situated alongside petting zoo friends, […]
