Patchen Beauty ©
Emily Hufford 2005
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Patchen Beauty Enjoying Life in Kentucky
by Emily Hufford
Tucked in along a busy Lexington Road is Patchen
Wilkes Farm, a friendly horse farm that is famous for its rare white
Thoroughbreds. A big, airy foaling barn is the home of the popular
white Thoroughbred mare Patchen Beauty. The homebred daughter of
Hatchet Man thrilled her large fan base with two wins in twenty
three starts. Those wins meant even more to her owners, who also
owned Patchen Beauty's dam, Precious Beauty.
Patchen Beauty has passed on her special trait
to three foals. One of them, The White Fox, has already won a race
at River Downs in Ohio. The next is a yearling filly by Skip Away,
named Spot of Beauty for her unusual spots that shine through on
her white coat.
This year, Patchen Beauty produced a full brother
to The White Fox, by Pioneering, and the white colt is named Patchen
Prince. Patchen Beauty is back in foal to Skip Away. |
Summers are difficult for the white horses because the sun can
cause their thin coats to sunburn easily, especially when at Patchen
Wilkes the horses are outside over twenty hours a day.
The White Fox is in active training at River Downs, and is expected
to run again very soon.
There is one more white Thoroughbred in training, a two-year-old
son of Airdrie Apache named All Glory to God. He was in training
at Del Mar this summer before returning to San Luis Rey Downs
in California.
For more pictures of white Thoroughbreds, check out the Turf
Angels' Gallery.
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