Help a Racing Warrior Begin His Second Act →
Our junior interns will be posting regularly on the LOPE blog. Below is the first post in the series (by Eliza Jones). Eliza is committed to good horsemanship. She has ridden in multiple clinics with Buck Brannaman. Her horse (Jammer) has benefited greatly from Eliza’s dedication, patience and skill as a rider and steward. Welcome, [...]
On February 18-19, JD Badertscher of J3 Performance Horses held a Colt Starting Clinic to benefit LOPE. All proceeds went to the care of Flavor, a special racing warrior who recently arrived at LOPE. Alex Myers is a LOPE intern and a young professional horse trainer. She is working with LOPE as a Horsemanship Scholar. [...]
Flavor is the ultimate racing warrior. He’s 11 years old and just retired from racing this month. What an amazing athlete! And yes, Flavor is actually his registered name. Just one word: Flavor. That seems appropriate for a celebrity as big as Flavor (kind of like Elvis). His history tells the story of a true [...]
Kissing Sally Falls had a spectacularly unsuccessful racing career. She retired after two races. Sally finished in last place for her first race. In the second race, she passed one horse to finish next to last. That horse had stumbled in the homestretch, allowing Sally to leisurely lope by him. Her race trainer told me [...]
Lightening Ball (aka “LB”) won over $300K in 59 races. He was known for hanging back, then surging past the field to sweep the win at the last minute. At age nine, LB was still running in lower level claimers in WV. His original race owners (Bob and Pat Orth) claimed him back to retire [...]
As 2016 comes to an end, I want to share a tale of two horses who came to LOPE. Of all the horses this year, these two stories show why we are so passionate about our charitable work — and why we are asking for your continued support of the LOPE horses. The holiday season [...]
Take the 2016 No Stirrups November Challenge, and drop your stirrups for LOPE! Improve your riding position, get in shape and have fun with your horse — all while helping the LOPE horses. Here is how it works 1) Find supporters to pledge a dollar amount for each day you ride without stirrups during the [...]
Lava Man is a famous Thoroughbred racehorse. He won over $5.2M and became a social media sensation after his retirement from racing. Lava Man then became a much-loved pony horse and coach to young racehorses in famous trainer Doug O’Neill’s racing stable. A true class act, Lava Man likes to support racehorse adoption charities (he [...]
Win a chance to meet American Pharoah and own the halter of famous Belmont Stakes winner! In support of the 2016 LOPE Benefit Horse Show, LOPE will have an exclusive Kentucky Triple Crown themed package for raffle on Nov 19 at Scissortail Hill Equestrian in Austin, TX. The raffle package includes: Tour for up to [...]
LOPE is very excited to be a part of Amplify Austin Day starting on March 8, 2016. Amplify Austin is an annual day of online giving for Austin-area charities. Please help LOPE achieve our Amplify Austin fundraising goal of $15,000! It’s easy — you can either give a donation on Amplify Austin Day or you [...]
50% off sale!Retraining Racehorses: Back to the Basics with Tom Curtin. Tom works with ex-racehorses and demonstrates key horsemanship principles.
