Answers Straight From The Horses Mouth!
Pat 
I’ve always felt myself really lucky to live so close to a racetrack as I do, and having the chance to go watch the horses race whenever I feel like it. I was having a conversation with some friends over dinner the other day, and we got talking about horse racing and how much I …
I was out at the races with a few friends the other day, and there was a bit of an accident during one of the races. Everyone turned out to be okay, although the jockey seemed a little bit turned around. But everyone was relieved no one was seriously injured. It did spark a conversation …
One of my horses has been getting a bit old recently, and it’s sad because he is one of my oldest horse friends. I’ve been riding him for two decades, so it’s been really hard to see him slow down a little bit. Nonetheless, his health and welfare are the most important thing to me, …
Gazing into my horse’s eyes is one of my favorite things to do. They express so many emotions and allow me to truly understand what he’s thinking and feeling. They say the eyes are the window to the soul, and it is no different for horses. In humans, our eyes can be a wide range …
The other day I was grooming my horse and lifted his leg to clean his hoof. He was fighting me, and I told him to stop and bend his knee so I could get it done. One of my friends walked by and said, “that’s not his knee; it’s his wrist.” As you can imagine, …