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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

Hard Days Continue for New York’s Carriage Horses

On the list of creatures I would rather not come back as in a future life, a draft horse comes up pretty high. And that’s no pun. With few exceptions, draft breeds are the last of the horses that are still expected, across the board, to work for a living. Work, not as in a typical [...]
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

Freedom Ride: Maybe, Maybe Not

Orlando, the city where the children of the world come to play – the lucky ones, anyway – still hasn’t decided whether or not the local kids deserve a break. But they’re kind of leaning in that general direction. Although no move has been made to offer Freedom Ride a new five year lease to [...]
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

Further Proof Horses Are Not Food

You can eat it if you want. I wouldn’t. Here’s a lovely new study by the Equine Welfare Alliance, which followed eighteen slaughter-bound racehorses from the day they were administered bute (remember, it’s reported to the racing officials on race day, and filed) to the day they went to the kill. Oh
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

Guinness is Good For. . . Horses

We all know Guinness is good for you. That’s been the ad slogan since 1929, and it turns out a lot of horsemen extend that slogan straight into the shedrow. The dark Irish stout has long been a traditional feed additive for Irish horse trainers – and their proteges of all nationalities. Trainer Dere
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

Zenyatta: Hippotherapy in the Shedrow

Being the greatest race mare in history isn’t enough for Zenyatta. She also acts as a therapeutic partner for a child with autism, as The Blood-Horse reports. Step back for a second and consider whether or not you’d just fearlessly walk up to a 17 hand, fighting-fit Thoroughbred racehorse. And then
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

Review: The Sweet Running Filly

Where was this book when I was a kid? All I ever wanted was a good racing story, that might explain to me the very adult world of horse racing, always with its door closed to children. We were relegated to velvet hunt caps, tasteful make-up, and “natural” obstacles. I wanted rainbow silks, dirt in [
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

From Aqueduct to Albany

There is news today that perhaps the horsemen have been heard, as the Thoroughbred Times reports that legislation has been introduced in New York to facilitate a transparent new process for approving a racino operator at Aqueduct. This is just days after the so-called Big A-6 managed to cancel the f
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

New York Racing’s Rally for Jobs – And Community

The rally at Belmont Park on Sunday afternoon wasn’t about horses. It wasn’t about gambling. It wasn’t about fair labor, or working conditions, or any of the usual suspects that incite workers’ rallies. It was about the continued survival of a community. Tens of thousands jobs are on the line, and a
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

Hard Hats I Have Known – Part 2

The next helmet in this sad story of hard-working styrofoam was a Troxel Legacy. It was hunter green and I bought it on my parent’s tab without permission. “But Mom, I broke my hat and I can’t ride without a new one!” Borrowing a school helmet was out of the question. If any of you [...]
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Equine Progressive · 2Y ago

Hard Hats I Have Known – Part 1

I remember every hard hat I have ever killed. As the dressage community, led by Heather Blitz, continues to cope with the realization that sometimes even being beautiful in a top hat and tails has to be sacrificed for safety’s sake, and that life-changing injuries can occur from spills even when you
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