TAA Grads Take on Thoroughbred Makeover
With the Thoroughbred Makeover coming up this weekend, the TAA is proud to have over 60 competitors representing TAA-accredited organizations from all over the country.
Finger Lakes HBPA, Finger Lakes Racetrack Pledge Per Start Contribution to TAA
Finger Lakes Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack announced a $1 per start pledge to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
Fall 2018 Newsletter
The fall 2018 TAA newsletter is out! In this edition: TAA horse show awards, New Vocations Charity Show/T.I.P. Championships results, TAA-accredited organizations in the news, why you should tour a TAA-accredited facility via Horse Country, and more.
TAA High-Point Winners at TIP Championships
Four TAA high-point awards were given out during the 2018 T.I.P. Championships for horses that were adopted from TAA-accredited organizations.
Kentucky Downs, Kentucky HBPA Pledge Support to TAA
Kentucky Downs and the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association have each pledged $5 per start at the 2018 Kentucky Downs race meet to go to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
Tampa Bay Downs Uses AmTote Tech to Support Aftercare
Horseplayers cashing winning tickets at Tampa Bay Downs can now share their good fortune with retired Thoroughbreds by making a tax-deductible contribution to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance at self-service AmTote International betting terminals throughout the facility.
TAA Introduces Grad Awards at Five Horse Shows
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will present awards honoring the highest-placing TAA graduates and the TAA-accredited organizations affiliated with those horses at five Thoroughbred horse shows this fall.
Schosberg: Aftercare Is An Industry-Wide Responsibility
Trainer and New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association board member Rick Schosberg discusses aftercare initiatives on Capital OTB.
Off To The Races at BreyerFest 2018
With the 2018 BreyerFest theme as “Off To The Races,” the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance had a presence at the event as thousands of racing fans and equine enthusiasts descended upon the Kentucky Horse Park July 13-15. Here are a few scenes from the weekend captured by TAA inspections coordinator Suzie Picou-Oldham. Former jockey Rosie Napravnik and her OTTB Old Ironsides. Old Ironsides greets a fan with an Old Ironsides Breyer model. Maria Kabel and grade 1-winner and OTTB Brass Hat. Brass Hat poses with fans and his own Breyer model. Brass Hat checks out his Breyer model. Brass Hat’s trainer Buff Bradley signs a Brass Hat Breyer model for a fan. The TAA booth at BreyerFest. Not an Thoroughbred, but a fixture on the racetrack as a lead pony. Harley The Magnificent (aka “Harley”), an American Sugarbush Harlequin Draft, greets fans during a demonstration. Harley makes a new friend in OTTB Cozmic One, a son of Hall of Famer and Horse of the Year Zenyatta.
More Than 220 Riders ‘Canter For The Cause’ at Pimlico
Riders from throughout the Mid-Atlantic cantered, walked, and trotted their horses across legendary Pimlico Race Course the morning of July 8 as part of Canter For The Cause.