Sam Sullivan
- Details
- From March 2023 Issue
- Written by Maggie Kimmitt
"Tom really loved his horses, and he really loved THIS horse.”
Next Chapters (Formerly Pensioners on Parade)
Stories about your favorite retired racehorses. For archived stories, click here.
Talk Show Man
- Details
- From February 2023 Issue
- Written by Maggie Kimmitt
Take a poll of what Maryland is known for, and you’ll get consistent responses.
Lochte
- Details
- From January 2023 Issue
- Written by Maggie Kimmitt
It’s a long way from the glamour of Saratoga’s select yearling sale and the glitz of the Gulfstream Park winner’s circle to the bucolic Mt. Carmel Hounds hunt field in Baltimore County, Md. Call it the road less traveled. But that’s exactly the path multiple graded stakes winner Lochte took en route to his forever home with veterinarian Dr. Trevor Wells.
Manchurian High
- Details
- From December 2022 Issue
- Written by Maggie Kimmitt
He was a modest Florida-bred and $28,000 RNA at the OBS October Mixed Sale as a weanling in 2008. Ten months later, he sold as a yearling for $1,000, the ticket signed by Rey de Oros – Jose L. Ramirez. The colt’s first start came in the 2010 Saratoga Special-G2. He won back-to-back renewals of Gulfstream Park’s Florida Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes, ran – and won – on the flat and over jumps before retiring at age 11 with more than $500,000 earned.
Adirondack King
- Details
- From November 2022 Issue
- Written by Maggie Kimmitt
Greg Newell is the first to admit he’s often late to a party.
Kings Canyon (IRE)
- Details
- From October 2022 Issue
- Written by Maggie Kimmitt
Picture this. Retired Thoroughbreds researching retirement communities and planning their golden years. After Googling "OTTB", "Foxhunting", "Amenities", "Five-Star Care", "Mid-Atlantic", they hit the mother lode. Oh yeah, this is it–they're going to Jeff and Michelle Rosenkilde's Hunting Fields Farm in Monkton, Md.
Russian Bay
- Details
- From September 2022 Issue
- Written by Maggie Kimmitt
The story here is not that the stakes-winning Breeders’ Cup champion gets to retire at Happy Acres. The story is your good-to-average, unremarkable horse goes on to have a remarkable after-story.”
Call Waiting
- Details
- From August 2022 Issue
- Written by Maggie Kimmitt
As the founder and director of The Foxie G Foundation, Laurie Calhoun is accustomed to receiving “those” calls. You know the ones – alerts from fellow rescuers who come upon a registered Thoroughbred while flipping lips at auctions. The rallying cries indicate that a horse is in the slaughter pipeline and the clock is ticking. In her role, Calhoun has seen and heard more than most horsemen can imagine. But five years ago, one call stopped her in her tracks.
The Mill Leaders
