Winter 2024/2025 - ‘Ghost Consulting’, Obfuscation Roil Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horseman’s Association The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horseman’s Association (PTHA) board president, Robert Hutt, in an August Zoom meeting with PTHA members and directors, expressed frustration and anger about a number of structural and policy issues that he says have thwarted him from fulfilling his responsibilities. Hutt, who is 78, became president in 2023, defeating previous president Sal De Bunda, who held the office for 12 years and was running for a fifth three-year term. Read full article >>
Winter 2024/2025 - Corcoran Survives Flight Changes, Blinding Storm at World Endurance Championships Some horses make a routine trail ride into an intractable contest of wills. If you need to trailer to get to the ride, will he load calmly for the trip to the trail? Or will he stand there, stubbornly, as if planted in concrete, giving the trailer ramp the stink eye? Will she decide that today is the day when every squirrel will look like Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street? Read full article >>
Winter 2024/2025 - Hot Summer Leads to Expensive Hay “Everyone talks about the weather,” American essayist Charles Dudley Warner said, “but nobody does anything about it.” Indeed. As the summer of 2024 recedes into memory, many people may forget that it was the hottest summer ever recorded in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) history. Read full article >>
Winter 2024/2025 - Jason and Crystal Charles: A Love of Horses Connects Their Family While most kids are still in bed, four-year-old Isla Mae and her sister, eight-year-old Ayla Lyn, are cleaning stalls before school. However, that is not the end of a day’s work. After school, the two sisters perform numerous farm chores and outdoor activities instead of watching television or using electronics. To some this may seem too demanding at such a young age. But both children agree that the least favorite part of their day is going to bed. Read full article >>
Winter 2024/2025 - Big Crowd Turns Up for Chincoteague Fall Roundup On September 20 and 21 the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company held its annual fall roundup at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Auction on Assateague Island in Virginia. The last batch of fall pickup foals from the Pony Penning auction were picked up by their buyers to be transported home. Read full article >>
