You Can Help
TRF focuses our primary efforts on former racehorses whose racing-related injuries have left them best suited to a quiet life at pasture.
Make A Gift
Most Thoroughbred rescues retrain and adopt out horses for a fee, but the TRF focuses our primary efforts on horses who are best suited to a life at pasture. Many of these horses are teachers in our correctional facility-based vocational training programs.
Through this program incarcerated men and women learn compassion, responsibility, and a useful trade, while the horses receive quality care. The TRF receives no government funding and there are no rules requiring the racing industry to support its retirees. Our Thoroughbreds are 100% dependent on the generosity of donors like you.
Hay Drive
Did you know our herd of horses eats about 3 million pounds of hay each year?
Hay is one of our largest annual expenses and your support of the Hay Drive is essential to continuing our mission!
Sponsor a Horse
At the TRF, all horses are given permanent, dignified retirement for the rest of their lives; and that’s where YOU come in.
Horse sponsors choose an available horse and receive a certificate and periodic updates about how the horse is doing. Sponsors may also get an opportunity to visit their horse as location rules and regulations allow.
Monthly Support
Become a Sanctuary Guardian
The majority of our retired thoroughbreds are going to be with us for the rest of their lives, which means they can call the TRF home for 20-30 years. By becoming a monthly donor with any automatic gift of $15 or more, you are creating a sustainable financial foundation for the care of our retired horses. Sanctuary Guardians receive a monthly email spotlighting one of our horses.
Planned Giving
Join the Promised Road Society
When you choose to remember the TRF in your estate plans, the TRF will recognize your commitment and generosity by including you in the Promised Road Society. By including the TRF in your future plans, you honor the TRF’s first retiree, Promised Road, and all the horses that follow him. Your future gift is a promised road; it is a pledge to the horses that their road through retirement will be safe, compassionate, and filled with love.
Blackburn Fund
Contribute to the care of the horses that reside at the TRF Second Chances Program at Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington, KY, currently home to over 50 rescued and retired Thoroughbred racehorses. The “Blackburn Fund” was established to celebrate the extraordinary service of Ms. Linda Dyer to the horses and inmates in the TRF Second Chances Program at Blackburn upon her retirement.
Become a TRF Ambassador
Share your love for the TRF Herd and start your own fundraising campaign!
Across the country TRF Ambassadors have been inspired to “speak for the horses” and extend the reach of the TRF Team to their networks of friends, family and colleagues. Take a look at the current list TRF Ambassador Pages and be creative – we’re here to help you!
In Kind Donations
Our horses will happily accept donations of any items, whether they be an outgrown blanket or a shiny new halter. The herd is always in need of grooming, medical, and barn supplies. Your in-kind donation is tax deductible and will directly help a horse in our herd!
More Ways You Can Help!
Donor Advised Funds
Many of our supporters give out of a Donor Advised Fund (DAF). Would you like information on how other people are using their donor advised funds to make a big impact? Please be advised that when you make a donor advised fund gift, it’s possible that the sponsoring organization will not share your information with us.
Please send us a note at kim@thoroughbredretirement.org when you’ve made a gift from your DAF so we can make sure to thank you and ensure that your gift is directed to the program or farm where it is intended.
Donations of Appreciated Stock
To learn more about the benefits of donating stock to the TRF, please reference this industry publication. To initiate a gift of stock to the TRF, please share the following information with your broker or financial advisor.
- Account: Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, Inc.
- Brokerage Co: UBS Financial Services
- 2310 Route 34, Suite 2A
- Manasquan, NJ 08736
- DTC: 0221
- Account No.: SU08806
- Client Service Associates: Teresa DeCaro-Nardi and Cosmo Fontana
- UBS Financial Services Inc.
- Toll Free: 888-413-7785
- Direct Tel: 732-223-5693 (Mr. Fontana) and 732-223-4813 (Ms. DeCaro-Nardi)
- Email: cosmo.fontana@ubs.co and teresa.decaro-nardi@ubs.com
Checkoff at Foal Registration
Since 2009, The Jockey Club has administered a program allowing owners and breeders to contribute to Thoroughbred aftercare programs when they register their foals. Checkoff proceeds are shared between the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and Thoroughbred Charities of America. The TRF’s funds are designated specifically for its vocational training at correctional facilities.
For more information about the checkoff program, please visit the Jockey Club Registry Page or call (800) 444-8521.
Volunteer
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation could not exist without a network of volunteers to help keep our programs running. TRF volunteers are from all over the country. And while horse experience is always a plus, many people volunteer to help with fundraising activities and administrative work. Volunteering for the TRF is a fun and rewarding experience. Click here to hear an introduction to TRF Volunteering (podcast with our Volunteer Coordinator) or Complete our form here to get started!
Send Us Your Story
If you have adopted, sponsored or fostered a TRF horse, or have experienced any part of our life changing TRF Second Chances Program and have a story to share, please let us know! We’d love to share your story with our community.