Today Kari from Good Time to Review writes about her OTTB, George! He is currently living with me in North Dakota. I adopted him last May from a ranch in Western North Dakota that owned by the track vet at the racetrack in Minnesota. He has 4,000 acres of pasture for his 65 plus “foster” OTTBs that he has staying at his ranch. They go from lavish pampered lifestlyes to getting the whole “being a real wild horse out on…
Moe’s owner, Stephanie of Hand Gallop, sent his formal title – Moe Sillypants – in for today’s OTTB spotlight! What is his registered name? Richnfree Lineage? Richrichrich x Feelingfancyfree; Moe doesn’t have many interesting or fancy relatives. His sire’s sire, Rich Cream was fairly successful and set a new record for 7 furlongs at Hollywood Park. His most notable ancestor is Turn-To, a British-bred stallion who is found in the pedigrees of many successful Thoroughbred sporthorses. Turn-To is found 3…
I know you’re probably expecting a show report… because the show did happen. However, I’m a) still processing things and b) sick. So hopefully tonight I’ll get a chance to get my thoughts together and write everything down, but until then here is a fabulous start to the return of the OTTB Spotlight! Today’s OTTB showcase has one of the most unique names I’ve heard for a mare… Bacon! I secretly want her to get a barn mate called Pancake. 😉…
I’m not a huge COTH forums poster, but I do browse it several times a week. One day I stumbled on a thread that essentially said; “OTTB is not a breed. Thoroughbred is a breed. It annoys me when someone uses OTTB as if it were their horse’s breed.” Reading this, it occurred to me that I am one of those people. And why not? I like the “OTTB” label. It’s kind of like being in a club where horse…
As mentioned yesterday, for the purposes of my research I was pretty much only interested in Simon’s siblings from the same dam. It’s not that his sire isn’t up to snuff, but we all know that most stallions will have gazillions of foals and it’s more common for the foal to have more characteristics of the mother. To find out this info, I pulled Simon’s dam’s pedigree up on pedigrequery.com. It turned up 4 results (including Simon), so I had…
One of the joys of having a horse that’s registered is frantically googling all of their relatives. In the horsey family tree, only a few really matter in my opinion – Sire, Dam, any full siblings, and any half siblings from the same dam. Luckily for me, my search for Simon came up with solid results on several of these categories! Here’s the quick facts about Earth Colony, Simon’s sire. Earth Colony (KY) B , H, foaled February 11, 1991…
One of the most thoughtfully written blogs I read is Bakersfield Dressage. Karen is an amazingly diligent amateur dressage rider, but her introspection and dedication to dressage rivals some professionals I know. She also competes (and successfully!) with non-traditional dressage breeds, an adorable Arabian the star of today’s post… Sydney the OTTB! What is his registered name? The short answer is Pick a Card, but he’s not registered with the Jockey Club. Sydney is a New Zealand Thoroughbred which means…
Whenever I read The Owls Approve, I am struck by two things. 1) Rebekah is really funny. 2) She love love loves Archie. It’s really nice to see a blog that isn’t 100% focused on showing and results, but just enjoying the partnership of a cool OTTB… and a cool OTTB is exactly what mister Bold Archer is! What is his/her registered name? The Bold Archer. (Okay, the “the” technically isn’t in there, but I feel it gives him more…