For the first time , consignor Andrew Motion — trainer Graham’s brother — is selling one at the Saratoga select sale Tuesday. “Thrilled” is the word he uses.
Local horsemen have helped provide thousands of dollars of supplies to people affected by West Virginia’s devastating floods — part of the state “family” helping each other.
His connections claimed Homeboykris – who died after winning at Pimlico on Preakness day – to “give him back his dignity.” Social media had a very different take on things.
Ten years after Barbaro broke down in the Preakness and later succumbed to laminitis, fighting that disease remains a tricky, uncertain undertaking.
Though she’s as closely associated with Churchill Downs as the twin spires, Virginia native Jill Byrne spent her childhood among the horses at Montpelier.
After a horse she’d thought saved ended up in the kill pen, Emily Daignault-Salvaggio realized the fight for OTTBs isn’t just about saving horses, it’s about changing mindsets.
Trainer John Servis and owner Chuck Zacney — both connected to dual-Classic winners — never thought modest-looking Maryland-bred Cathryn Sophia would put them back on the big stage.
Dr. Patty Hogan — best known for saving Smarty Jones’s eye — has had quite a ride blazing a trail in the often male world of equine veterinary medicine.
Carly Kaiser’s been a docent, a pinhooker’s assistant, a blogger, a Youtuber. Now 24 and a chartcaller, she’s a young face in an industry that needs them.
The Maryland Horse Industry Board is working to create a springtime equine film festival modeled on New York’s Equus Film Festival.
