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Farms and Facilities
The TRF herd includes over 950 Thoroughbreds at farms farms around the country. Our primary farms are located at state correctional facilities where inmates participate in the Second Chances vocational training program in equine care and stable managment.
California: Second Chances California, Modesto
Florida: Lowell Correctional Institute, Ocala
Illinois: Vandalia Correctional Center, Vandalia
Indiana: Putnamville Correctional Facility, Greencastle
Kentucky: Blackburn Correctional Complex, Lexington
Maryland: Central Maryland Correctional Facility, Sykesville
Massachusetts: Plymouth County Sherriff's Farm, Plymouth
New York: Wallkill Correctional Facility, Wallkill
South Carolina: Wateree River Correctional Institution, Rembert
Virginia: James River Work Center, State Farm
Montpelier Farm, Montpelier Station (not a correctional facility)
Butch Eastham's Farm, Front Royal (not a correctional facility)
A number of our horses also live at private farms whose owners receive a modest stipend to care for our long-term retirees. All farms welcome visitors by appointment. Please contact the TRF office at 518-226-0028 for more information.
| California |
Second Chances California, Modesto |
| Florida |
Lowell Correctional Institute, Ocala |
| Illinois |
Vandalia Correctional Center, Vandalia |
| Indiana |
Putnamville Correctional Facility, Greencastle |
| Kentucky |
Blackburn Correctional Complex, Lexington |
| Maryland |
Central Maryland Correctional Facility, Sykesville |
| Massachusetts |
Plymouth County Sherriff's Farm, Plymouth |
| New York |
Wallkill Correctional Facility, Wallkill |
| South Carolina |
Wateree River Correctio
California Second Chances California, Modesto
Florida Lowell Correctional Institute, Ocala
Illinois Vandalia Correctional Center, Vandalia
Indiana Putnamville Correctional Facility, Greencastle
Kentucky Blackburn Correctional Complex, Lexington
Maryland Central Maryland Correctional Facility, SykesvilleMassachusetts Plymouth County Sherriff's Farm, Plymouth
New York Wallkill Correctional Facility, Wallkill
South Carolina Wateree River Correctional Institution, Rembert
Virginia James River Work Center, State Farm
nal Institution, Rembert |
| Virginia |
James River Work Center, State Farm |
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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 50 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.
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Montpelier Farm, a 200-acre portion of the James and Dolly Madison estate, is home to a 80 TRF horses. Farm Manager Kim Wilkins always has a select group of Thoroughbred available for adoption as riding horses.
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Out2Pasture, operated by Dr. Robin Hurst and her husband Zac March is perhaps the TRF's most unique facilities. On a 400-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.
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In November 2009, the first retired thoroughbreds from Suffolk Downs arrived at the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Second Chances at Plymouth County Sheriff’s Farm, where they were brought to their new stalls in a barn renovated by inmates. They will be joined by additional retirees in the future.
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