My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Three important Kentucky Derby qualification races took place yesterday with White Abarrio winning the $1 million Florida Derby, Cyberknife winning the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby and Tiz the Bomb winning the $600,000 Jeff Ruby. Since 1975, the Kentucky Derby field has been limited to 20 starters. For the past eight years, horses wanting to qualify […]
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Twenty-six year old Bryony Frost is the most successful female National Hunt jockey in British history. She’s got more than 175 wins to her name and is the first female rider to win the King George VI Chase, one of the three biggest races in Britain. And yet, there’s an undercurrent of resentment against her […]
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Epicenter, trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Joel Rosario, blasted down the home stretch to set a track record in the 109th Louisiana Derby, finishing 2 1/2 lengths ahead to win in 1:54.38 for the 1 3/16 race. This is an important prep race for the Kentucky Derby and cemented the colt as a […]
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When your horse is injured, stall rest may be the best – or only choice – to help them recover. Of course, there’s no way to explain to a horse why they are being contained and dealing with a horse that is suddenly confined to a stall can be harrowing. Here are some tips and […]
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Medina Spirit will be laid to rest among legends of horse racing at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, KY. His ashes will be interred in Old Friend’s Nikki Bacharach Memorial Garden alongside Kentucky Derby Winners Charismatic (1999) and War Emblem (2002), both of whom were retired to Old Friends following breeding careers, as […]
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Here’s a fun contest. Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement organization, is asking for help naming a filly. High Heels ’19 is a 3-year-old filly by Mineshaft out of the mare High Heels. She is a registered Thoroughbred, unraced due to injury, and so is without a proper name. Before she has a total identity crisis, […]
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When I first saw this equestrian themed handbag, I thought it was a joke. Especially when I saw the price. $4,000 to carry a facsimile of an equestrian helmet? I doubt it’s even ASTM certified. I do like the details. The strap looks like a chin strap and the buckles look like equestrian hardware. Perhaps, […]
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Zelda and Curly have been best friends since Zelda came to live with me back in 2014. They groomed each other, they hung out in the same stall (in an open barn) and they generally enjoyed each other’s company. When I broke my ankle last September, I moved Zelda to a full-care barn as I […]
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