Girl Power

Hands Down the Toughest Frontier WARHorse That Ever Was – Stagecoach Mary

Melanie2020-12-14T22:28:56+00:00September 15th, 2017|Categories: Features, People|Tags: Girl Power, Historical|

I must admit that once in a while I indulge in a pity party for myself. Oh my god, I have to wait 3 minutes for my lunch to heat in the microwave? You only have soft serve ice cream – what? No sorbet? The paraffin hot waxer is broken would I like a hot oil [...]

Celebrating Ruffian

Melanie2020-12-14T22:29:07+00:00July 7th, 2017|Categories: Features, Horses|Tags: Exceptional Horses, Firsts, Girl Power, Horse Racing, Thoroughbreds|

“As God is my judge, she might be better than Secretariat…” (Lucien Laurin, Secretariat’s trainer, quoted in the Blood Horse’s Thoroughbred Legends: Ruffian) She was born April 17, 1972 at Clairborne Farm, Kentucky, owned and bred by the Janney family of Maryland. Born into a royal bloodline her dam, Shenanigans, was the daughter of Native [...]