James River Horse Foundation

James River Horse Foundation The James River Horse Foundation cares for 30 rescued race horses at the State Farm Work Center while training offenders in horse care.

🤩🐎At the James River Horse Foundation, our mission has always been about second chances. Every horse deserves another c...
07/29/2026

🤩🐎At the James River Horse Foundation, our mission has always been about second chances. Every horse deserves another chance. Every person deserves the opportunity to discover hope, purpose, and a path forward. Together, they’re changing each other’s lives.

Most people know us for giving retired Thoroughbred racehorses the opportunity to heal, find purpose, and begin new lives. But our mission doesn’t stop with the horses.

In partnership with the VA Department of Corrections, we also invest in the women who care for them. Through patience, responsibility, trust, and teamwork, these women develop valuable job skills while rediscovering confidence, purpose, and hope for life beyond incarceration.

One participant shared these powerful words:

”…I feel like just being here and accomplishing what I have with the women I’ve grown to love and trust has changed how I treat myself and them. And caring for the horses has reminded me I am capable of all the things I forgot that I loved. I love animals and life and laughing and crying and being part of a team. I could write forever about this but in a nutshell, this program means more than anything else has during my incarceration because it showed me that I am still me and that I have so much to look forward to.”

This is why we do what we do.

If you believe in the power of second chances and would like to help us continue this life-changing work for both horses and people, please consider making a donation. 🤍Your support helps provide care for our retired Thoroughbreds and sustains a program that is transforming lives every single day.

❤️ Donate today: https://www.jamesriverhorses.org/Donate/

Thank you for believing in hope, healing, and the incredible impact that can happen when people and horses help each other find a new beginning.

Heading to the USHJA National Hunter Derby on June 19th? Be sure to stop by the James River Horse Foundation table! Lear...
06/15/2026

Heading to the USHJA National Hunter Derby on June 19th? Be sure to stop by the James River Horse Foundation table! Learn how we're helping horses in need, explore adoption and sponsorship opportunities, and shop our merchandise. See you there!

Learn about JRHF: https://www.jamesriverhorses.org/about/

⭐️Meet the Horse of the Week: Creek Bay🐎🐎
05/13/2026

⭐️Meet the Horse of the Week: Creek Bay🐎🐎

Tomorrow we will honor a true legend of the James River Horse Foundation—our beloved retired Thoroughbred, Covert Action...
04/24/2026

Tomorrow we will honor a true legend of the James River Horse Foundation—our beloved retired Thoroughbred, Covert Action, who touched so many lives off the track. 💔🐎

As our longtime mascot, he represented everything we stand for: heart, resilience, and the incredible second chances these horses deserve after their racing careers.

To celebrate his life and help us continue our mission, we’re hosting a special raffle fundraiser. All proceeds will go directly toward the care, rehabilitation, and rehoming of other retired Thoroughbreds in need—carrying forward the spirit of Covert who meant so much to us.

🎟️ Raffle tickets are available at Open Barn, Saturday April 25th
💛 Every ticket makes a difference
🐴 Every dollar helps another horse get a second chance

Let’s come together to honor him in the most meaningful way—by helping others like him.

🌟🌟Join us tomorrow🌟🌟🐎🐎
04/24/2026

🌟🌟Join us tomorrow🌟🌟🐎🐎

With heavy hearts, we said goodbye to Covert Action today. The beloved grandson of Secretariat was 31 years old. Covert ...
04/10/2026

With heavy hearts, we said goodbye to Covert Action today. The beloved grandson of Secretariat was 31 years old. Covert Action arrived with the very first horses at State Farm Work Center on November 12, 2007. He has served as the mascot and ambassador for the James River chapter of TRF and subsequently the James River Horse Foundation ever since. Covert Action was born on March 17, 1995, in Ontario, Canada. Through the years, he was a favorite for many who visited the horse barn at State Farm Work Center, a celebrity in his own right. His current handlers in the horse program at State Farm say he will be remembered as "laid back, goofy, a social butterfly with humans and horses alike.” While Covert Action had an unremarkable career as a racehorse (26 starts, 3 firsts, 5 seconds, and 2 thirds, earning $22,569), he was incomparable in his role as teacher for the program participants. His patience and generosity of spirit, coupled with his strong sense of right and wrong, was integral to the way he guided countless men and women through the program. Covert Action’s mane has soaked up a thousand tears over the years, and he has empowered so many men and women to find their confidence and grow in themselves through their work with him. Covert Action leaves behind an enormous legacy, and he will be deeply and sorely missed!

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1954 State Farm Road
State Farm
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