Last October, I posted this story about 11-year-old Fighting City Hall and his 97 “career” races. Although he would go under the whip six more times – yes, that makes 103, dating all the way back to the Bush administration…
The following is our latest installment of “Shedrow Secrets” – first-hand accounts from the heroes who work tirelessly to save Racing’s broken bodies. Shedrow Secrets Darned Worthy by Joy Aten Over the course of his racing career, the stunning grey…
Horses have been a major part of Joy Aten’s life for 25 years. Shortly after the creation of CANTER in 1997, she became a volunteer and eventually an executive board member. Her responsibilities as chair of the rescue’s Track Committee…
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…
