Merrywinds
Arrived to the TRF in 2015. She loves her job at the Maryland Second Chances Program and enjoys having the company of her small herd.
THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION OPENS NEW SANCTUARY FARM IN MARYLAND
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) announced today the opening of a new Sanctuary Farm in Maryland which will expand the presence of the organization in one of the most important …
PATRICK SMITHWICK HOSTS MARYLAND LAUNCH OF RACING TIME WITH PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE TRF
On Saturday, September 14, Patrick and Ansley Smithwick will host the Maryland launch and reading of his new book Racing Time: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Liberation at their …
Second Chance Farm: Four broken men, six discarded racehorses, one place saving them
Originally published in the Washington Post by Petula Dvorak Columnist May 17 at 12:05 PM Email the author Horses get walked at Second Chance Farm in Syksville, Md., which rescues retired racehorses destined …
Second Chances: Horse farm offers inmates opportunity to learn job skills, life lessons
By Emily Chappell About two miles away from the Central Maryland Correctional Facility in Sykesville sits a farm, the barn among grassy hills, a picket fence winding through. On a …
TRF’s Second Chances program in Maryland goes the Distance
Submitted by Sarah Stein, TRF Second Chances program manager at Sykesville Correctional Facility, MD Alex Wooten graduated from the six-month Second Chances Program in June, 2017. He continued to work …
These Horses Give Prisoners a Second Chance
Published on Jun 22, 2015
Some inmates in the Maryland state prison system are hoping to make their lives after prison better by working with retired racehorses. The prisoners benefit from learning new skills as well as the compassion and patience it takes to work with the horses. Studies have shown that programs like these help decrease the likelihood that an inmate will return to prison.
PRODUCER/EDITOR: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo
VIDEOGRAPHERS: Kathryn Carlson and Gabriella Garcia-Pardo