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LAURIE BLAKELOCK-RODRIGUEZ
Age: 61
Lives in: Vero Beach
Occupation: Realtor for Coldwell
Banker Paradise
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Family: Husband, Dr. Victor
Rodriguez-Viera; daughter, Katie
Klapsa; son, Christopher Klapsa;
two grandchildren
Education: Bachelor’s in liberal
studies from Barry University, Miami; associate of science
degree in nursing, Edison College at University of Kentucky;
broker license in real estate, 2009
What inspires me: “Faith, hope and love.”
What most people don’t know about me: “I love sports. My
two favorite teams are the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers.”
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where he raced as a 3- and 4-year-old, then went to Gulfstream
as a 5-year-old. He also raced at Belmont and Santa
Anita and, in 2009, won the John Henry Stakes as a 20-1
longshot where he rallied from last place to first, catapulting
himself into the spotlight as a 6-year-old. After 31 starts, his
injury forced his retirement and he was sent to Pure Thoughts
Horse Rescue. It was there that his new life, after his own
health diagnosis, began as a therapy horse.
“I needed him, he needed me, and the rest is history,”
BlaNelocN5odrigue eplains. ´'uring those first two years
of recovery, I would spend time with Danny, and just for a
few hours my cancer concerns would fade away. He had a
way of making me forget about the disease, and the two of us
could just drift away to another world on our trail rides.”
While Danny was born a racehorse, he quickly became a
willing and accomplished jumper. On the trail he would jump
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Blakelock-Rodriguez, a former hunter rider, competed with Danny until a
fall and serious injury sidelined her.
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