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At the end of the race: Old Friends where thoroughbreds come home to die

Sunday, November 2, 2014 15:30
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By Debra Tash Ferdinand won the roses in 1986, finishing first at the Kentucky Derby that year.  By 2002, after amassing over $3.7 million on the track, he was sent to the slaughterhouse.  This story inspired Michael Blowen, a film credit at the Boston Globe, to create a home for retired thoroughbreds.   Blowen read about […]

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