She’s Always Hot
Arrived to the TRF in 2022. The newest to the Wallkill herd, she is loving her new job and retirement.
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.
Slycy
Slycy resides at our Pleasant Valley Correctional Second Chances Program. This California bred gelding was foaled April 14, 2007. He had 52 starts and earned over $230,000. He is a …
Sing Praises
This sweet guy was foaled March 3rd 2012. He sides at our Ocala Second Chances Program. This Florida bred gelding had 27 starts and earned over $483,000- Learn more here …
Hurricane Sergio
Hurricane Sergio was foaled February 17, 2005 and resides at our Lowell Second Chances Program. This Kentucky bred gelding only had one start in his racing career- Learn more here …
TRF-BLACKBURN 20TH ANNIVERSARY “HORSE SHOW” ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2019, AT BLACKBURN CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX
On November 6, 2019 the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) will celebrate the twentieth year of the national organization’s internationally acclaimed Second Chances Program implementation at the Blackburn Correctional Complex. The …
TRF says goodbye to the beloved Quick Call at age 35
Quick Call was humanely euthanized on Tuesday, October 8 at the age of 35 due to the infirmities of old age. Foaled in 1984, Quick Call was the oldest horse …
TRF FAN FAVORITE CARTERISTA PASSES AWAY AT 30
Carterista loved Florida and loved to be first, so it was fitting that he was the first horse to arrive at the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Second Chances Farm at the …
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 …
“Blackburn Fund” launched to honor longtime TRF 2nd Chances Program Director
Lexington, KY– The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) is pleased to announce the establishment of a new fund dedicated to the care of the horses that reside at the TRF Second …
Kelsey Riley’s Race Across Mongolia for the TRF Second Chances Program
by Francis LaBelle, for the TRF (October 12, 2018) Kelsey Riley had not ridden a horse in two years. At one time, riding was a part of her everyday life, …
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 …
Youthful Haney Oversees Exciting Times at Vandalia
By Francis LaBelle Just over a year ago, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Second Chances Program at the Vandalia Correctional Facility in Illinois received a $5,000 grant from the Illinois Equine …