Farms and Facilities

The TRF herd includes horses at 29 farms in 13 states. In addition to 3 farms staffed by TRF employees, 8 farms are located at state correctional facilities where inmates participate in a vocational training program in equine care and stable managment. A number of our retirees also live at private farms whose owners receive a modest stipend to care for our long-term retirees.

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Blackburn Correctional Complex

Once the TRF mission of horses helping people and people helping horses was established in New York at the Wallkill Correctional Facility, it was only natural that the prison farm program would spread to the place where the horse is king, the great state of Kentucky.

Central Maryland Correctional Facility

On May 14, 2009 the Second Chances Farm opened their barn doors to receive its first three retired/rescued thoroughbred race horses. This unique program is possible because of a partnership between DPSCS and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF).

James River Work Center

Imagine a place where people and animals come together to help each other. Horses adjusting to a new life of retirement following a busy career in racing. Prison inmates working to acquire a valuable skill to put them a step ahead when they return to the job market. Both sides with a lot to learn. Both sides with a lot to give. Both sides with a lot to gain.

Lowell Correctional Institution

Another facility in the heart of horse country, the TRF farm at the Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala opened in 2001 and is the home to about 45 horses. The farm is home to two prominent horses, Carterista and Val's Prince, both of whom were graded stakes winners on the grass. Val's Prince is a three-time Grade I stakes winner. They're special, but so are all the horses at Lowell Correctional Institution.

Maker's Mark Secretariat Center

Finding a safe haven for the thousands of Thoroughbreds, those not fortunate enough to go on to second careers as stallions and broodmares, is an age old problem for the racing industry. But thanks to the generosity and foresight of Maker's Mark, through their partnership with Keeneland, and dozens of donors, including Marylou Whitney and Dr. Tony Ryan, dozens of horses will be retrained and groomed for adoption in the lush splendor of Lexington's Kentucky Horse Park.

Montpelier Farm

Montpelier, the home of James and Dolly Madison, has a new attraction for the thousands of tourists who visit each year. A 200-acre portion of the estate is now home to a TRF Farm run by Kim Wilkins. The first TRF horses arrived at Montpelier in the fall of 2003 and the farm will eventually be home to as many as 50 horses. The equine residents include Correggio, the 1996 Eclipse Award winner as the nation's outstanding jumper.

Out 2 Pasture

Out2Pasture, operated by Dr. Robin Hurst and her husband Zac March is perhaps the TRF's most unique facilities. On a 120-acre farm nestled in the Ozark hills, Hurst and March were already rescuing needy and abandoned animals when they learned about the TRF and volunteered to take in TRF horses, as well.