84 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Runner up –
Patricia Reece, from Lignum, Virginia
Is this a chocolate horse? Nope! This is Patricia’s horse Black
Tie Boogies. This was his first time being turned out after being
on the track for several years. “He had never gotten to play in
the mud, but boy did he enjoy the mud,” said Patricia. “It took an
hour to clean this OTTB!”
Runner up –
Barrie Walker, from Summerville,
North Carolina
Some horses just love the mud – and this is the case for Barrie’s
horse, Dezil. Barrie adopted Dezil from CANTER and found out
just how much he loves the mud after a move to South Carolina
due to a military transfer. “I never had the opportunity to see
my horse around a mud hole until we moved here,” she said. “It
rains, he finds a puddle, he digs a hole big enough for him and
then… PLOP. Down he goes in the ooey gooey mud.”
Runner up – Nancy Richards, from
Riverside, New Jersey
Nancy says, “My OTTB gelding Theposse’safterme
knows how to stay cool (and dirty!) in the hot summer
days!” We would say so! Sidelines Magazine
thinks loving the dirt and mud is something many
Thoroughbreds can relate to!
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