After 142 starts, Immortal Wink flies on home
Immortal Wink, a true racing warrior who ran his 142nd race in Puerto Rico on June 22, was flown back to the Sunshine State, the place of his birth, on July 2. It took a yeoman’s effort by a professional psychologist, a breeder, fans, and horse-rescue personnel who sought pluck him from a land “without many resources” and set him down softly on a grassy field protected by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. After all that running on legs that withstood so much strain, Wink’s co-breeder Kathy Von Gerhard was instantly “on board” for the seemingly impossible task of retiring and […]
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Suffolk Downs and alumni find new gear
As Suffolk Downs awakens from a hiatus, offering select racing days with higher purses, longtime racing analyst and OTTB owner Jessica Paquette has found a new gear as she works at the track by day, and shows her New England racing champion What a Trippi in the hunter/jumpers during her off hours. In the two years since Suffolk Downs closed its doors after losing a casino-license bid, the ever-resilient racing analyst and announcer shook off her disappointment, got to work as Starlight Racing’s communication director, and doubled down on her efforts to make a hunter/jumper out of her quirky, grumpy […]
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$750 OTTB primed for international stage
After conquering the fabled Rolex Kentucky Three Day this spring, a former accountant-turned-professional rider and her bargain-basement superstar Thoroughbred are aiming to compete among top international horse and riders at England’s famous four-star event. Leah Lang-Gluscic announced that she would attempt to gain sponsors and financial support needed to fly her four-star ex-racehorse AP Prime to Great Britain to compete at the legendary Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in September. The move comes after she and AP completed Rolex at the end of April and she found, much to her surprise and delight, that her horse was firing on all […]
