Arkansas scoops national OTTB award

Hillary Simpson as well as Arkansas joined past times owners the Kogen solid unit of measurement at the presentation for Leading Thoroughbred
at the Alltech National Horse Show. © Mary Adelaide Breakenridge/Phelps Media Group

Hillary Simpson’s Arkansas won the Leading Thoroughbred Award at the Alltech National Horse Show inward Kentucky before this month.

The honour is opened upward to all Thoroughbreds verified past times The Jockey Club registration papers or lip tattoo reveal competing at The National. The honour presentation took house inward the telephone at the Alltech Arena before the kickoff of the Equus caballus show’s featured event, the $250,000 Alltech Grand Prix.

Simpson was joined past times Arkansas’s owners, Robert as well as Maria Kogen as well as their children Alexander as well as Taylor to have the award, presented past times The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.

“Arkansas is a really particular horse,” said Simpson who piloted the 10-year-old gelding to victory inward the $30,000 Mount Equinox Grand Prix at the Vermont Summer Festival inward July. “He has a practiced encephalon as well as enough of ability as well as speed. He believes he tin dismiss create anything as well as he gives you lot 100 percentage every fourth dimension he goes inward the ring.”

Simpson predicts a vivid hereafter for Arkansas as well as she has taken him off the marketplace cheers to his recent success. “Originally, Arkansas was brought inward to endure a fun project. I similar having a few Thoroughbreds inward the barn. Since we’ve had as well as thence much success amongst him, his possessor isn’t actually worried almost selling him anymore,” she said.

“He’s a actually practiced represent for me as well as I mean value he’s going to endure a actually particular Equus caballus for me for a really long time.”

 

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