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Horsemen across Minnesota “have come together with a shared understanding that aftercare must extend beyond a horse’s final race or final foal.”
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@TBaftercare
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Ottinho, half to Gun Runner who was 3rd in Withers and drew post 11 for Wood Memorial, will be re-routed to Blue Grass (with Prat) per Chad Brown.
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An example of transparency with injuries
Soul Rush, a literal Group 1 winner with a big stallion career ahead of him
The governing body announcing exactly what the injury is and the trainer explaining the intricacies of the problem
But in Ireland, an 8yo national hunt gelding sustains “a setback” which rules him out of this season and the entirety of next season, with no explanation of what the injury is to his fans and the general public 🥴
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@paulickreport @FanDuel_Racing I remember when FanDuel bought the TVG and the formerly superior HRTV, all the assurances.. they said they were going to do to grow the sport. I can’t remember a single sincere new effort of engagement. Cali Racing dying, Florida decoupling, Fanduel…its a fun time to be a fan.
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@FanDuel_Racing will continue to show races on cable, streaming platforms, and wagering apps, but a reduction of in-studio production and on-air hosts will begin in July.
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This hit home
Ginger Brew is safe tonight. pastthewire.com/for-every-ging…
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Another clear example of such a disjointed- really sad fate of broodmares- even Ginger Brew found herself in a kill pen - I agree w Margaret here- she’s safe - she was famous - how bout all the other old broodmares discarded? That weren’t famous ? They won’t be as lucky .
Margaret Ransom@MargaretDammit
Rant alert… This is Ginger Brew as a racehorse and this is Ginger Brew standing in a Texas kill pen this week. Ginger Brew is a Sovereign Award winner, multiple stakes winner and graded stakes-placed, second in the Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most prestigious race. Gulfstream Park even named a stakes after her. In retirement she had a bunch of babies by the best stallions in the game at first — Medaglia d’Oro, Giant’s Causeway, Awesome Again, Bernardini, Ghostzapper. When she failed to reproduce a foal to do much on the track, she was bred to some more “average” sires and then sold off by her billionaire owner/breeder at age 16 for a measly $90,000, about ten times less than what she earned for them. Considering it all, it’s fair to call it a dump job. This is a classic example proving that any class of broodmare — from blue bloods to the more “average” pedigree — can be dumped into the slaughter pipeline. And are. As egregious as Ginger Brew’s situation was, that’s not the kicker. See, Ginger Brew was never in danger of actually being shipped. The people who normally turn away from the plight of the broodmares in the pipeline had their crosshairs focused squarely on saving this mare because, well, she has some high-profile connections (money?) and a big name with a bigger race record. It mattered not that she probably won’t have a third career, the people who value only second career types were more focused on her big name than their stance on this topic. (And I am not at all knocking the org who will give her safety for the rest of her life. They have and do step up for the slaughter pipeline mares when they can and I know lost one they pulled recently when she couldn’t overcome the neglect she suffered while on earth.) But for some reason I cannot comprehend why Ginger Brew’s life mattered more than the dozens we in the @ThoroughbredRA find and network for every week, many of which we cannot save due to lack of funding and resources who disappear into the abyss and/or across the border to a Mexican slaughterhouse. I don’t know all of the details about this “save” but I do know enough to say I’m absolutely disgusted. For some twisted and arrogant reasons, to those in charge of aftercare (and I *know* their hands are all up in this deal) this mare’s life mattered more than the others and it’s appalling. This is why “aftercare” needs a complete overhaul. Anyone who thinks this is ok should be ashamed of themselves. I am very grateful Ginger Brew is safe tonight but am very worried about the ones who weren’t so lucky and were left behind. Their lives matter, too.
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New Holland, Pennsylvania. February 1956.Harry deLeyer pulled up to the auction yard and knew immediately he was too late.The Dutch immigrant had driven from Long Island hoping to find a calm horse for his riding school—something gentle for beginner students. But the auction was over. The buyers had left. The only activity was a single livestock truck being loaded with the horses nobody wanted.These were the auction's leftovers: the old, the injured, the used-up. Their destination was the slaughterhouse.As Harry watched the loading, one horse turned its head. A grey gelding, coat matted with dirt, hooves worn down, scars marking years of hard labor. Probably a plow horse. Maybe ten years old, maybe older.But the eyes were different. Calm. Intelligent. Somehow still gentle despite everything.Harry walked over. "How much for the grey?""Eighty dollars."Harry paid it. The horse was pulled off the truck. Minutes from slaughter, now saved.He named him Snowman.Back at the Long Island farm, Snowman became exactly what Harry needed—a perfect beginner's horse. Patient with children. Steady. Safe. The students adored him.Then Snowman started escaping.Not breaking fences or squeezing through gaps. Jumping them. Four-foot fences, cleared easily, like he'd done it his whole life.Except he hadn't. He was a plow horse.Harry set up test jumps. Snowman cleared them willingly. Harry raised them. Snowman kept jumping. Higher and higher, with natural form that trainers spend years developing in expensive horses.This $80 rescue had the talent of a champion.Harry began serious training. It seemed absurd—show jumping was dominated by purebred horses from elite breeding programs, animals that cost thousands of dollars. Snowman was a grey mutt of unknown breeding, covered in the scars of farm work.But champions aren't always born in the expected places.Madison Square Garden. November 1958.The National Horse Show—the most prestigious jumping competition in America. The best horses, the wealthiest owners, the top trainers.And one former plow horse who'd been saved from slaughter two years earlier.Snowman won. Professional Horseman's Association Champion. National Horse Show Champion.In 1959, he won again.America couldn't get enough of the story. Life Magazine ran photo spreads. The Tonight Show invited them on. Newspapers across the country covered the impossible partnership—the immigrant trainer and the rescue horse who beat them all.It wasn't just the winning. It was what Snowman represented in 1950s America: that greatness could emerge from anywhere, that second chances mattered, that kindness could reveal hidden potential.Between competitions, Snowman continued giving lessons to children at Harry's school. A national champion who remained gentle enough for beginners. Extraordinary and ordinary, all at once.Snowman competed for several years, clearing jumps over seven feet, consistently beating horses worth fifty times what Harry had paid for him. When he retired, he lived peacefully at the farm, occasionally teaching, until his death in 1974.Harry continued training horses for decades, becoming one of America's most respected horsemen. But he never forgot his most famous partner.In 2015, when Harry was in his eighties, a documentary called "Harry & Snowman" captured their story. Harry's eyes still lit up talking about the grey gelding he'd pulled off a slaughter truck nearly sixty years earlier.Harry died in 2021 at age 93.Their legacy endures not because of championships or fame, but because of what the story teaches: that value exists where others see nothing, that potential hides in unexpected places, that a single act of kindness—$80 and a decision to look closer—can change everything.The horse nobody wanted became the champion everyone loved.All because one man arrived late to an auction and chose to see what others had missed.
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🚨 🚨 The highly publicized dispute about Churchill Downs' delinquent HISA fees has concluded, according to a vague one-page order on the HISA website.
Details: tinyurl.com/yt7xxck2
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Talented rider whose career was interrupted numerous times by substance-abuse issues hasn’t ridden in a race since 2016: tinyurl.com/r2j5y3zh
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Irish blessing: Will Walden welcomes advice from Aidan O’Brien about Rhetorical & other prospects.
horseracingnation.com/news/Walden_ma…
📸: Candice Chavez / Eclipse Sportswire & British Champions Series - edited
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TIWANAKU - is it greed, or connections that just don’t care about horses?
Voided claim a year ago- (Oaklawn) huge ankles - -sore. No break or retirement - just off to La- to try and make more money. Than the process begins to try and get him retired which is “ one last race”until there is little hope of a horse having a life after racing.
I now have him back and implore licensed owners- trainers - STOP on sore, lame horses to give horses a dignified retirement to be able to have a life after racing .
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My first two letters to the @theTDN were written from the outside looking in. Now I’ve met with @jockeyclub reps firsthand, inspiring me to write “Strike 3,” which can be accessed at this link: bit.ly/4rAL62T #BelieveBig
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