A BTB reader recently joined me on Facebook and I noticed a striking photo in one of her albums -- the on to the right! It was taken by Tom Reardon, husband of Lynn Reardon, the founder of L.O.P.E in Texas (Lonestar outreach to place ex-racers), a thoroughbred rehab center outside of Austin. Lynn wrote a book about ex-racers, Beyond the Homestretch: What Saving Racehorses Taught Me About Starting Over, Facing Fear and Finding My Inner Cowgirl.
The horse is named Red, and you can see why!
I'm glad you gave a shout out to LOPE! Great place - I met Lynn when she was in Tucson on her book tour and immediately liked her because she saw my OTTB and started gushing over how gorgeous he is. :) But seriously, she's a good horsewoman. We visited LOPE while horse shopping and though they didn't have a good fit at the time (Mom needed a nice, mellow packer-type), it was great to see the place, and it's one of the horse places I will donate money to once I'm rich and funds are unlimited. (Ha!)
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That photo is very cool!
ReplyDeleteThat is a bit spooky. But he is red indeed.
ReplyDeleteWow! That poor baby needs some groceries.
ReplyDeleteMy brown OTTB is named "Red" also! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stacey!! That's my boy, Redabyebye -- and he has gotten lots of groceries since coming off the track last fall. This was taken shortly after that, and he was still thin -- not anymore! He'll always be lean, but the muscle is getting there. At age 4, he's got a ways to go.....
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