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Leah Lang-Gluscic and her $750 OTTB, AP Prime, conquered Rolex and are primed for Burghley. Photos by Kasey Mueller

$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 […]

Z Camelot is among the Thoroughbreds rescued from Mercer County, Ky. and taken to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.

Convicts empathize with forsaken OTTBs

Press Release—In a twist of fate, men at the Blackburn Correctional Facility in TRF’s Second Chances program who may have awoken on June 28th, 2016 questioning their own self worth, were entrusted with a life or death mission – to nurse to health six starved horses who were deemed the worst cases at the Mercer County, Ky. farm where 43 horses were seized. Veteran horsewoman and TRF farm manager Linda Dyer says that these men are finding new meaning in their own lives by taking responsibility for the meticulous rehabilitation plan and extra love and kindness that these horses need. […]

Tamio Holmes became a professional farrier after discovering a natural talent at the James River Work Center in Virginia. Pictured with Secretariat’s grandson, Covert Action. Debby Thomas Photography

Horses helped him prosper after 2 prison stays

A twice-convicted Virginia man who once cried in his cell with despair, found his path to the American Dream—self-respect, love, a thriving business—soon after he seized hold of a beautiful Thoroughbred. And that horse, a grandson of the great Secretariat, helped the inmate right his own ship and sail toward a better day. The life transformation began for two-time offender Tamio Holmes of Louisiana the day he stepped up to the horse trailer bearing bay racehorse Covert Action. The door opened. Covert walked down the ramp. And Holmes stepped up to take hold of the lead rope and walk with the sweet-tempered […]