THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT- A GIFT OF LOVE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING 
There is a horse at TRF who needs you! Whether you are looking for the perfect gift, or you are a horselover who does not have the space, time or means to care for a horse, consider sponsoring one of the hundreds of TRF horses who are unlikely to be adopted out to a private home.
This Valentine's Day, for as little as $100, you can help sponsor a horse. We will send you a framed gift sized photo of your horse. This makes the perfect gift for friends or family.
It’s easy. Click here to meet some of the horses who are available for sponsorship. After you have chosen a horse, you can make your sponsorship contribution on line with a credit card. You can visit the horse that you sponsor.
That’s what Bill and Sue Finley did when they sponsored Renaissance Bob.
The New York-bred was once an allowance winner at Saratoga, but the nagging injuries that can affect a horse when they get older caught up to him. Eventually, he was unable to compete at even the lowest class level at Penn National. From there, economically worthless as a race horse, he wound up at an auction where he was purchased by a buyer whose intention was to send him to the slaughterhouse.
But, Bill Finley, while working on a story about horse slaughter for the New York Daily News, stepped in and convinced the slaughterhouse middleman to sell him Renaissance Bob for a few hundred dollars. Inches away from death, Renaissance Bob was taken to a TRF satellite facility in New Jersey, where he has lived ever since the Finleys have since sponsored him.
“Now, for just $3 a day—the price of a cappuccino at the local coffee house—we “own” our racehorse,” Sue Finley said. “He’s near enough that we can visit him, and we do. Watching him roam his paddock with the warm sun on his back, a world away from the fate that awaited him, well, it’s hard to imagine there is any way our $3 a day could have been better spent.”
You, too, can feel that sort of special relationship with a retiree, knowing that your donation has helped keep your horse happy, healthy and that he or she will live out their years in comfort and out of harm’s way. (Visiting your horse may depend on the facility where the horse is located. Once you have sponsored a horse, the TRF will gladly provide you with contact information on how you can get in touch with the farm manager at that horse’s home).
Gold ($1,000 or more)
Sponsors receive a photograph and race record of their horse as well a handsome brass saddle plate key chain engraved with their horse’s name.
Silver ($500 to $999)
Sponsors receive a photograph and race record of their horse as well a handsome brass saddle plate key chain engraved with their horse’s name.
Bronze ($250 to $499)
Sponsors receive a photograph and race record of their horse.
Holiday Special ($100) Gift Framed Photos
You can also sponsor a horse for a friend as a gift. Recipients will receive the special keepsake items along with a personalized gift message.
Remember, your gift is fully tax deductible. The TRF is a registered 503(c) nonprofit organization.
Yes, I want to sponsor a TRF retiree!
Click here to be directed to our secure online Sponsorship Registration Page.
Information you submit is encrypted for security and will not be shared or sold.
Or contact us directly:
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
P.O. Box 3387
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: (518) 226-0028
Fax: (518) 226-0699
