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California Riding Magazine • May, 2009 Flying Changes |
Charles R. Cono Charles R. Cono, owner of 2008 Eclipse Award-winning juvenile filly Stardom Bound, lost his battle with lupus disease at the age of 86 years at his La Mesa home. Cono came to California in 1950 and started buying real estate in San Diego in 1963. Cono owned Stardom Bound who swept to victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies race at Santa Anita last October. Stardom Bound’s victories in the Del Mar Debutante and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies were the culmination of a collaboration with trainer Christopher Paasch. Cono is survived by his daughter, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. CARMA Roundtable: The Focus is on Rescue A roundtable designed to look at long-term solutions for retired racehorses set a short-term solution in motion when the California Retirement Management Account stepped up to pay for surgery to save Fabuloso, a 4-year-old filly with a fractured rear ankle. CARMA invited representatives from several California rescue organizations to a roundtable April 8 at Santa Anita to discuss ways the groups could work together to save Thoroughbreds and rehabilitate them for second careers. Bonnie Adams of CANTER (Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses) California said Fabuloso was a horse needing immediate help. With surgery, the 4-year-old daughter of Smoke Glacken stands an excellent chance of recovering to become a riding horse, according to Adams, but there was no one to pay for the surgery until CARMA offered to. For more information, visit www.carma4horses.org.
Vaughan Smith regularly performed at the Fiesta of the Spanish Horse. Vaughan Smith (1956 - 2009) Fiesta of the Spanish Horse, April 30-May 2, is dedicated to Vaughan Smith, an avid supporter of Fiesta who played an important role in each of the previous Extravaganza evenings. Not only did Vaughan present poetry in motion on horseback, he honored Fiesta attendees at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center with his extraordinarily beautiful singing voice. Smith began his remarkable career with horses many years ago in England, where he exceeded the exacting standards of the British Horse Society’s riding tests and was a member of the staff caring for the royal carriage horses at Windsor Castle for Queen Elizabeth. In the U.S. Smith studied dressage in addition to training in other disciplines including western, english, jumping, trail and driving. 
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