Turning For Home

Turning For Home TFH is based at Parx Racetrack. Our mission is to provide a dignified retirement for our retiring racehorses. email [email protected].

Based at Parx Racing in Bensalem, PA, TFH works with other farms/organizations which help to give retired Thoroughbreds a chance at a new career. We are not a sanctuary, but we believe that every horse deserves a dignified and safe retirement after providing so many people with the thrill and excitement of Thoroughbred racing. TFH has helped over 4400 horses since May 2008. We provide rehabilitati

on, retraining, and rehoming of Parx retiring horses and we work hard to protect them from slaughter and abuse when they leave racing behind.

06/21/2025

Tuesday's immigration raid at Delta Downs–which resulted in the reported apprehension of 84 undocumented individuals–reminds industry stakeholders once again of a frustrating conundrum. On the one hand, they must navigate an environment of ramped-up immigration enforcement, and the potential tha...

06/21/2025
06/20/2025

Core strength is essential for correct and safe riding. It is from our core that we can most effectively apply the seat, hands and legs aids. The left image shows a rider with a firm effective core. The right image is of a collapsed core. Such a collapse can be momentary or chronic. We all have had moments when for one reason or another our core has collapsed. It's no big deal if you recover your core quickly.

As a riding instructor, the most challenging students are those who have minimal core strength. The difficulty is teaching the fundamental use of the aids when there is little or no core from which the aids must draw the strength required for effective precision. Horses experience floppy legs and hands or a gushy seat as "noise". A rider cannot achieve specific responses from aid cues if the horse interprets their aids as noise. Many horses get confused or irritated by constant noisy aids.

Many instructors care about a student rider's weight. I do not. I have had students show up for lessons that look fit, but they have only starved themselves into looking trim and fit, and they lack core strength. And I have had students show up that appear to be overweight and out of shape that have a well developed core strength. My advice, therefore, to all students is, "Get stronger" and forget about your weight. I have a horse for you regardless of your weight.

I will recommend a very good book on this. While it is often misunderstood, Riding Logic by Wilhelm Museler addresses core. It is a German translation with a few antiquated words. Unfortunately, Museler uses, or the translator choose the term "brace your back", when today the word "brace" has a new negative meaning. When the book was written in 1933, core as we understand it today was unknown. Regardless of the translation, Museler offers insights and techniques to use the aids effectively by integrating core strength. The book is only a 120 pages and it is very useful for all disciplines.

Riding Logic free PDF -www.archive.org/details/ridinglogic00muse

06/19/2025

This beautiful steeplechaser Clara Bell comes to the farm several times a year for a little spa treatment--including swimming which is the BEST low impact way to build condition and stamina!

Address

PO Box 300
Bensalem, PA
19020

Telephone

+12158087562

Website

http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/144790, http://www.safehavenequine.com/, https:/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Turning For Home posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Turning For Home:

Shortcuts

Share

Category

Taking Care of Our Own

Based at Parx Racing in Bensalem, PA, TFH works with other farms/organization which help to give retired Thoroughbreds a chance at a new career. We are not a sanctuary, as we do not own our own property, but we believe that every horse deserves a dignified and safe retirement after providing so many people with the thrill and excitement of Thoroughbred racing.

MISSION:

To provide an alternative to auction and slaughter for Parx Racing’s Thoroughbred racehorses when their careers have ended by placing them with approved adoption organizations which will work to find them new homes or careers.