Anthony Patch leads the OTTB Revolution!
Oh what Laine Ashker and her sweet gentleman Thoroughbred Anthony Patch have done for the competitive Thoroughbred sport horse! Last weekend, in a 50-horse division at the Millbrook Horse Trials, the hard-knocking pair, who toughed out setbacks at past Rolex competitions, cinched first place against some of the top horse & rider teams. In a Q&A interview this week, Ashker, of Laine Ashker Eventing, answers questions about her fantastic weekend, and offers her thoughts on how the success that is theirs now further helps to elevate the reputation of all Thoroughbred sport horses. Q: You said in an Eventing Nation article […]
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Horseman trains OTTBs as their ‘Alpha Mare’
Put a herd of 25 horses together for the first time, and after some kicking, biting, and a few flying tufts of torn-out hair, an alpha mare will emerge. In 97 percent of the time, after the dust settles, it is the female horse who emerges victorious as the leaders, says Mark Bolender of Bolender Horse Park in Washington. All devotion is vested in her, as long as she leads in a focused and consistent manner. But if she veers into inconsistent and unfocused leadership, the herd will turn on her and kill her. “Once she is chosen, an instinct […]
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A NY academic opines about horse slaughter
This interview was originally published on July 5, 2012. Jill Pflugheber, a microscopy specialist with St. Lawrence University in New York, is an academic with horses on the brain, and in her heart. In an earlier life, she bred Thoroughbreds. Today, she is the proud owner of ex-racehorse Thoroughbred Napoleon Dynamite. Like many fans of Thoroughbreds and racing, and horse lovers of all levels, she has some strong opinions about horse slaughter. In this week’s Reader’s Clubhouse, Pflugheber offers her opinion on the state of slaughter, observing some positive signs in the quagmire, and areas where more could be done. […]
