A Thoroughbred to go to the Olympics
A 12-year-old off-track Thoroughbred has been named to the U.S. Eventing Team for the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, according to published reports. Blackfoot Mystery, an eye-catching, multi-talented Thoroughbred and Boyd Martin, an Olympic three-day Eventer, were among four horse/rider teams named to the U.S. team by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF). The same announcement named two other Thoroughbreds and their riders to the list of traveling reserve: Lynn Symansky of Middleburg, Va., and Donner, 13, and Elisa Wallace of Jasper, Ga., and Simply Priceless, 15. Blackfoot Mystery Sire: Out of Place Dam: True Mystery, by Proud […]
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‘Thoroughbreds can take down any breed’
Olympic three-day Eventer Boyd Martin says there was no “mystery” to his decision to compete an off-track Thoroughbred against the very best sport horses at Rolex last month. Simply put, his 11-year-old gelding Blackfoot Mystery was the best horse for the job, even pitted against “specifically bred” international sport horses who drop from their mother’s bellies with the genes to compete at all three phases: dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Blackfoot Mystery Sire: Out of Place Dam: True Mystery, by Proud Truth Foal date: April 30, 2004“I think the deciding factor in three-day Eventing is the cross-country. You need a […]
