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.
Expansion Starts New Chapters for Two Aftercare Groups
Over the past few years, the Thoroughbred aftercare and pro-off-track-Thoroughbred movement has exploded. Not only have the post-racing lives of racehorses become more top of mind for industry participants, but aftercare organizations have also been expanding their facilities, allowing more horses to be served.
Equine Advocates Teaches Children Horse Care
Is it possible to teach humans how to be compassionate caretakers of horses?
That’s what Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance-accredited Equine Advocates near Chatham, N.Y., is working on. The 22-year-old nonprofit organization operates as a sanctuary and rescue, serving all breeds of equines, with an emphasis on humane education.
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.
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.
Xin Xu Lin
A multiple group 1 winner. Two-length winner of Argentina’s famed Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini (G1). Brazil’s Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt. Show jumper and dressage mount.
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.
Ponzi Scheme
A $3,500 purchase as a yearling at the 2008 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall yearling sale, Ponzi Scheme more than made up for his modest purchase price in his eighth-season, 61-start career. But that’s not the end of his story. Ponzi Scheme was retired from racing at TAA-accredited MidAtlantic Horse Rescue, and that’s where he met Megan Klein.
Big Deuce
TAA-accredited Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses specializes in working with older Thoroughbreds with lameness issues. Horses, like Big Deuce, get another chance of finding a new career and forever home in their later years.
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.