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As you will discover as you tour our website, the TRF is a place of hope and renewal. It is a place for Thoroughbreds to go when their racing days are behind them, a place where they will be safe, healthy and well cared for. It is a place that offers a humane alternative to the dire possibilities that have long faced a great majority of ex-racers - neglect, abuse and slaughter. It is a place, built on love and caring, that is befitting such noble and deserving animals.

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HOMESTRETCH ON PBS

Homestretch documents the mutual rehabilitation of outcast horses and prisoners.

When top-pedigree racehorses fail to earn, they face slaughter or punishing two-bit racing circuits. Now, a few progressive prison farms are pairing rescued thoroughbreds with jail-hardened men.

The transformations in both the horses and prisoners challenge stereotypes and, for some, offer hopes of redemption.

Whether you already are aware of TRF's work, or you are new to TRF, you won't want to miss this!

Local TV listings Updated 6/19! (if your local PBS station is not listed, please call them to request that they air this documentary immediately!)

http://www.homestretchthemovie.com/

In the News

Tougher horse laws planned

By PAUL POST, The Saratogian

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Local state lawmakers plan to introduce legislation that would close an apparent loophole and make mistreatment of racehorses a felony.
On April 10, thoroughbred owner Ernest Paragallo was charged with 22 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, two days after authorities raided his Greene County farm and seized 177 starving and neglected horses.
Unlike “Buster’s Law,” which deals with companion animals such as cats and dogs, equine cruelty does not have felony status. read more

Farm Offers Second Chance For Horses & Inmates Reporting

Suzanne Collins SYKESVILLE, Md. (WJZ)

A stable opened Thursday in Carroll County as a rescue for former racehorses, but they aren't the only ones being given a second chance. Inmates will work there and get training for jobs in the horse industry. read more

Horseman L. Clay Camp Dead at 78

It is hard to express how much we at the TRF will miss Clay Camp. Clay brought thoughtful insight, horse and political expertise, life experience, great enthusiasm, energy, and humor to every TRF meeting and occasion. He cared deeply about all of us, personally and as an organization. read more

NetJets Sponsors Derby Jockeys

The money received by the jockeys will be donated to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.

In a release May 2, NetJets announced the jockeys in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) would wear the company’s logo in exchange for the jet leasing company making a donation to the riders that will in turn donate the money to two equine charities. read entire article in BloodHorse.com

Gift Horse: Thoroughbreds Retire to Prison

Behind the razor wire of a Virginia prison farm, inmates tend to retired racehorses. It’s another chance at the good life for man and beast.

Article and Video by William R. Snyder in the Wall Street Journal Magazine

TRF and the Illinois Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association to Launch Program

By Ken Roberts ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

Lanny Brooks watched his wife, Janice, find homes around the country for retired or injured Thoroughbreds from Fairmount Park Race Track and had an idea to save even more in an unusual way.
He wants to send them to prison.
With the help of Illinois state Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Highland, Brooks plans to set up a nonprofit organization called Racehorse Alternative Choice Environment. It would give a second chance to horses and inmates. read more...

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