Jane* will never forget finding out what the actual price tag was on her favorite amateur horse. She’d flown to the Midwest to try a plain bay 11-year-old.
“He was an adequate mover, but he jumped just the way I rode. It was like magic, me getting on him,” Jane said. “I talked to my trainer in the aisle after I tried him and said, ‘He’s 11. He’s never shown on the East Coast. He’s not pretty. $50,000 seems like a lot,’ since that was the top end of my budget.
“He told me, ‘I’ve already tried to get the price down, and they’re firm at $50,000.’ ”
Irving E. Goldman
Horseman Irving E. Goldman of Franklin, Mich., died on Aug. 13. He was 90.
Mr. Goldman was born on April 30, 1923, to Harry and Bertha Goldman in Detroit.
He attended Michigan State University but was called to serve in World War II during his sophomore year. He served in the U.S. Army Infantry and saw combat in Europe.
Irene C. Acker
Horsewoman Irene C. Acker died of Alzheimer’s disease on Aug. 10 in Wilmington, N.C. She was 93.
Mrs. Acker was born in New York City on June 25, 1920, and lived there and on Long Island until the early 1970s when she moved to the Tryon, N.C., area for access to more hunting country.
It all started with a $25 donation from a para-equestrian. Or maybe it was the 17-year-old truck that set the wheels in motion. The whole thing might even go all the way back to the mare with a broken cannon bone.
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when and where Molly Martin began her journey with H Wrendition to the Markel/USEF Developing Horse Grand Prix National Championship (p. 40), but looking back on it now, it still seems a little surreal to the Redmond, Wash., trainer.
As diagnostic and therapeutic technologies expand, it’s ever more important to see the big picture.
There has been an explosion of new information in the equine sports medicine field, with new or expanded imaging technologies available and more commonly in use in the performance horse industry. In addition, there are new therapies available for treatment of injuries and performance-induced wear-and-tear.
Does your finicky equine turn up his nose at any medicinal powder on his dinner? Some horses don’t mind eating a little medication mixed in with their grain, but others act offended at white powder decorating their meal and refuse to ingest it. Treatments such as Robaxin and doxycycline are notoriously bitter, so disguising the medication is frequently the best way to go.
Cold therapy may be ubiquitous for hard-working horses, but science hasn’t answered how effective the therapy is or even the best way to apply ice.
If you’ve ever iced a sore muscle or swollen ankle, then you’ve experienced firsthand the pain-relieving effects. Visit any training room for high-profile human athletes, and cold therapy will be part of the regimen.
Panic, pride and partnership—they’re all part of a caretaker’s commitment to a top horse.
They’re the backbone of the equine world, the devoted caretakers of the horse. Grooms work long hours on tired feet, and the rewards often come in the form of a horse putting in a stellar performance or nickering at them walking down the aisle.
“There are people who think that grooming is just brushing them and tacking them up, but it’s so much more than that. The groom gets to be the horse’s ‘person,’ their home base. And that’s special,” said Lauren Keeton.
Veterinarians are just starting to employ a procedure that might offer the most consistent treatment yet for this puzzling condition.
Dana Sendro had big plans for Tex when she purchased him. He was supposed to give her daughter a shot at being competitive in the hunters. But Tex went from promising prospect to horse with an uncertain future in an instant after undergoing an X-ray for a mysterious bump.
Patricia Doyle, DVM, M.S., Dipl. ACVS of Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center in Ringoes, N.J., performed the examination.
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