37 TB charities stand to receive funds from TAA
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced today that 37 aftercare organizations have earned accreditation in 2015, of which 21 were re-accredited and 16 earned accreditation for the first time. This increases the Alliance’s total to 56 accredited aftercare organizations using more than 180 facilities across the United States and Canada. The 37 organizations accredited this year are After The Homestretch—Arizona; Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue; Beyond The Roses Equine Rescue & Retirement; Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses, Inc.; CANTER California; CANTER Colorado; CANTER Kentucky; CANTER Ohio; Days End Farm Horse Rescue; Equine Encore Foundation; Equine Rescue of Aiken; Florida Thoroughbred Retirement and […]
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Photo of the Week: Rescue mare is fat & happy
A Thoroughbred mare so thin at the time of her rescue that her coat looked like a “rag thrown over a coat hanger” has blossomed on her way to motherhood. Silver and Smoke, under the care of her original breeder Danzel Clarke Brendemuehl, recuperated so well after her rescue in 2013 that Brendemuehl decided to preserve the bloodline along with the mare. The decision was made after months of rehabbing the animal who fell into bad hands, and was rescued by the South Florida SPCA, Brendemuehl said in an earlier article. Please see that story here: http://offtrackthoroughbreds.com/2015/04/22/rescued-mare-carries-on-line-that-nearly-died/ After weeks of […]
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Once-injured TB makes comeback at Pa. Nat’l
A 5-year-old OTTB who bowed a tendon early in his race career won the Equine Comeback Challenge at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show last month, his winning performance attracting a new owner in one fell swoop. After just 90 days of training in an array of disciplines, including trail, team penning, jumps, barrel patterns and reining, Indian Rain Dance performed the winning flatwork pattern and Freestyle at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show Oct. 13. “I knew off-the-bat when I first saw him that he would be a great horse,” says longtime horseman and trainer Kelsey Parisi. “The first time I […]
