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Cannwyll is the first rescue horse to benefit from the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation's Sigler Fund.

TRF rescues 1st T’bred with Adam Sigler fund

A 4-year-old Thoroughbred ex-racehorse, who had dwindled to a mere 847 pounds before he was rescued by Florida authorities in January, was welcomed to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) this week. And as luck prevailed, he was the first horse helped with proceeds from the newly established Adam Sigler Fund. Chestnut gelding Cannwyll (Pronounced: can-will), who was pulled up in his last race at Gulfstream Park in March 2014, was seized in Florida by senior cruelty investigator Sgt. Max Sharpe of Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control. Acting on an anonymous tip, Sharpe discovered the emaciated horse on a […]