Thoroughbred racehorses all traced to one 17th-century mare

Cross-posted from ABC News Blogs Written by NED POTTER All the great names in thoroughbred horse racing — from Secretariat to Man O’War, from Seabiscuit to Seattle Slew — they’re all related, and a team of geneticists has now traced their talent for speed back to a single ancestor. The “speed gene” that made them…

Racehorse with champion bloodlines sold to slaughter for $50 (US)

By Kim Segal and John Zarrella, CNN MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Freedom's Flight is a beautiful thoroughbred with an impressive pedigree. His bloodlines can be traced to two of the greatest race horses of all time, Seattle Slew and Secretariat. But, unlike his kinship, Freedom's Flight's racing career ended before it had even started. It…

Second Chances: Windswept Lady (US)

Cross-posted from The Blood Horse WHEN WINDSWEPT LADY arrived at Shannon Hahn’s Argyle, N.Y-based Double L Stable Equine Rescue and Sanctuary near Saratoga Springs with her newborn foal, the outlook looked grim for the granddaughter of Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. Emaciated and weak, the mare had abscesses in both front feet, and her four-month-old…