Tag: America’s Most Wanted OTTB

A Special Sort of Horse

Mikki noted that Chip’s other senses are definitely more heightened. “He hears me from a mile away. If I’m talking in the barn aisle he’ll prick his ears and look at me. We do carrot stretches on both sides and teaching him that was a little tricky – he could sort of follow the scent and try to grab blindly. I just kept the carrot closer to his nose and he discovered his range of motion. We try to trailer him with the other horse on his right side, but overall he functions like any other horse.”

America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred

Local Horse Eyes the Prize by Pam Gleason Who has “America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred?” Katherine Gunter thinks that she might. America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred is a makeover contest for off-the-track racehorses that is being put on by the Retired Racehorse Project. Based in Maryland, RRP’s mission is to “increase demand for Thoroughbred ex-racehorses and build…