Q&A: John Murrell campaigns against slaughter
Texas oilman and racehorse owner John R. Murrell is busier than a one-armed paperhanger these days. But it isn’t spreadsheets keeping him up to all hours, making calls, and writing impassioned letters. Those in the horse world know Murrell as an increasingly active voice for horse welfare. He is often a lifeline to horse-rescue nonprofits who need cash to buy horses from auctions that sell to meat buyers, and he has recently been making news with a letter-writing campaign to try to stop the return of horse-slaughter plants to American soil. Murrell recently wrote to Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, to […]
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Clubhouse Q&A: Neck reining an OTTB
Not every rider is pointing his or her ex-racehorse Thoroughbred toward the grassy, fast fields of a cross-country course. Some prefer the tight turns, and super fast starts and stops of a barrel race, another venue in which the Thoroughbred can shine, according to longtime horseman and OTTB trainer Lynn Sullivan of Oklahoma In this week’s Clubhouse Q&A, Sullivan, of Thoroughbred-Athletes.com says she has trained many Thoroughbreds who are actually better suited for the barrels than they are jumping, and she offers tips on how to re-train for this exciting sport. Q: Lynn, a reader asked me to look into […]
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Clubhouse Q&A: Benefits of bodywork
As beneficial as professional massage is to the tight muscles of a hardworking athlete, so it is for releasing tension and easing the aches and pains of a 1,200- pound sport horse, says bodywork practitioner Cyndi Hill. The longtime horseman has limbered up racehorses and sport horses for years through a non-invasive approach aimed at relieving tensions in muscle and connective tissue. In this week’s Clubhouse Q&A, Hill describes how she transforms a wired equine into a yawning, eyes-rolling-backward Gumby. Q: Cyndi, please tell me about the work you do as part of your practice, Synergy Equine Bodywork? Synergy bodywork […]
