Shedrow Secrets Cabriolass By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) When confronted with the fact that no racehorse has ever given its consent to participate in an industry that endangers life and limb, racing enthusiasts insist…
Shedrow Secrets Hestosmartforyou By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) In the fall of 2003, with track licenses as “vendors,” we were doing our weekly walk of the shedrows in the backstretch barn area of Great…
Horseracing Wrongs is honored to introduce a new guest contributor, Mary Johnson. Mary has been involved with Thoroughbreds for 50 years, including four as a volunteer at CANTER. Currently, she concentrates her efforts on rescuing the industry’s refuse. Shedrow Secrets:…
Shedrow Secrets, Installment 8 Celtic Trick By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) I was out of town one Saturday morning in August of 2006, so a couple of my volunteers made the usual track visit…
Shedrow Secrets, Installment 7 Royal Finder By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) Bred and owned by a prominent racing family, Royal Finder took his first wobbly steps as a newborn in Texas. One might expect…
Shedrow Secrets, Installment 6 Lou’s Expectation By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) The look of eagles. If you’ve been blessed to have seen it, it will never leave you. John Taintor Foote best describes this…
Shedrow Secrets, Installment 5 Slade…gentle, beautiful Slade… By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) One of the first things I do when learning of a Thoroughbred racehorse in need is search for a race replay. I…
Shedrow Secrets, Installment 4 Brave Miner By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) I first saw Brave Miner in 1999. It was opening year of Thoroughbred racing at Great Lakes Downs in Muskegon, Michigan, and having…
Claims My Name By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) There is a worn, broken halter that hangs just inside the entrance to my barn. While a variety of equine tack is certainly ordinary and expected…
Shedrow Secrets: Brash Tony By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile and Patrick J Battuello In a 2002 The Michigan Thoroughbred (published by the Michigan Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association) article, “These Gallant Geldings,” the author touts the value of…
Horseracing Wrongs is proud to present the first in a series of guest posts from two of the most respected equine advocates in the country, Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile. Both on their own and through their rescue, Saving…
