TRRAC - Thoroughbred Retirement, Rehabilitation and Careers

07/24/2025

🗓 This weekend we will be at the NJ Thoroughbred Spectacular at the DREAM Park in Gloucester, NJ! TRRAC will have a booth where you'll be able to ask questions, learn more about our mission and talk about the wonderful horses we have available for adoption. We are having major discounts on any horse adopted during the show on Saturday and Sunday. Good luck to everyone competing in the show! We can't wait to see all of the Thoroughbreds in action. 🐎❤

📸Picture of Mine Run's adorable face for attention

07/24/2025

❤️ Jack’s Full had his first post track ride with his adopter. One of the best behaved babies we have ever encountered!

We have more horses available for adoption that need homes, contact us today! 🌟

07/23/2025

😍 Welcome to Tio Pachi!
Tio Pachi sure wasn’t much of a race horse. With 3 starts and only 900 in earnings 💴 , his connections retired him so he could go on to bigger and better things. Tio Pachi is a BIG 17.0h gelding sired by Catholic Boy out of a Quality Road mare. This horse has major presence and is super friendly towards everyone he meets!

Tio Pachi was recommended to have 30 days off. He is also a youngster, foaled in 2022- we can’t believe how big his as a three year old already!

Drop a ❤️ to show him your support for a bright future!

07/23/2025

📸 We're excited to share that the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is hosting its Calendar Photo Contest, and you could be featured in their 2026 calendar! TRRAC is a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance accredited facility and we would love for our amazing TRRAC grads to be represented in this contest!

✨ Calendar Photo Contest Highlights:
✔️ Free to enter
✔️ Open to residents of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico
✔️ Participants must be 18+ (or have parent/guardian permission)
✔️ Photos must feature a registered Thoroughbred connected to a TAA-accredited facility

🐎PRIZES🐎
Cover photo: Winner receives a Tipperary Helmet of Choice + a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance swag bag.
Month photos: 12 winners receive a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance swag bag.
*All winners will receive a free calendar.*

🔗Click the link in this post for the calendar contest submission form and for official contest rules! Good luck everyone! Submit your form and photos by July 28, 2025.
https://www.thoroughbredaftercare.org/calendar-contest/

Calendar Photo Contest The 2025 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Calendar is now available! Check out the press release announcing the winners here. To purchase a calendar, note “2025 Calendar” in the comment field of the online donation form. Calendars will be available on a first come first se...

07/23/2025

👀 This BIG beautiful gelding is also seeking his next home! Power Back is a 2016, 17h gelding who is sound, has no vices and has a big step! A winner of $210,246 on the track, this guy is screaming event horse! 🐎 Event riders (and dressage!) don’t let this guy pass by! Power Back is currently on downtime. He is great to handle, good for the farrier and friendly to everyone who meets him.

Power Back is RRP eligible, snag him today and show him next year in Kentucky!

📍 Don’t miss out, check him out on our site today ❤️

🗺️ Oxford, Pa

07/22/2025

Hi everybody 😊! We are always in need of some barn basics, especially in the summer. We are asking for donations including but not limited to:
🪰 Fly Spray
🧼 Grooming Supplies
🔔 Bell Boots
🖌️Hoof Polish/Conditioner
🏥 Wound Care Supplies

✨TRRAC has an Amazon Wishlist that will be posted in the comments. If there is anything else you are able to donate, email us for a drop off or shipping address.
💖THANK YOU so much for all of the support!
📸 Aloha says thank you on behalf of all of the horses!

07/22/2025

🦄 Mine Run has been seeking a new home for a while now. Mine Run is a 2020 gelding by Golden Lad out of a Jump Start mare (we love the breeding!) He arrived to our program a few months ago and was a bit foot sore and in need of a few shoeing cycles. He also went through a major growth spurt, he turned into a beefy hunk!

🌟 Mine Run is good to groom, bathe and tack up. He had his first ride since retiring from the track in July of 2024, yesterday. He tacked up quietly and headed out to the arena (which is FAR from the barn) alone. He was so quiet we didn’t even bother to lunge him and we hopped right on.

🐎 This guy rode quietly with a lofty trot and canter on the buckle. He could care less he was alone and even tackled some ground rails and cavelettis before riding back (a long way back) to the barn on the buckle.

📍 Mine is available with more information on our website! Apply for him today.

🗺️ Oxford, Pa

07/22/2025

❤Humans Behind the Horses❤
I would like everyone to meet Laura Bradley. She plays a major role in the lives of the TRRAC horses and this organization. She is at our Oxford, PA facility pretty much everyday - feeding, giving medications, turning horses out and cleaning A LOT of stalls. We are so lucky to have her!

"I started riding with Bobbi Senger Winter and Jimmy McClean, who helped me find a barn where I could catch-ride ponies. I spent several years riding with Lynda Brotemarkle and her ponies before moving to The Phelps School in Malvern, PA. There, I worked as an assistant trainer and instructor with Fred Alleva. It was during this time that I was introduced to Thoroughbreds and fell in love with their personality and athleticism.

I bought my first Thoroughbred at the age of 19 and never looked back. Eventually, I left Phelps and the show world to pursue a career in the horse racing industry. I worked on a farm in Unionville, where I broke young horses for the track and handled breeding stock. It was there that I met my husband, Jim, and together we started our own Thoroughbred business. We bred and bought Thoroughbreds while raising a family.

We experienced both successes and failures—an inevitable part of working with horses—but our proudest moment came when our last homebred was named Champion Thoroughbred at Devon three times. Later, I spent a few years teaching and coaching junior riders with John Muldoon at Reinbows End Farm, while our youngest child showed ponies on the circuit.

But my heart has always belonged to the Thoroughbred. I now love working with our Thoroughbreds at TRRAC and made the decision to retire from corporate life to return full-time to the thing I love most. You can find me at the Oxford facility nearly every day—please feel free to stop by for a visit."

07/22/2025

Makayla and Point Pelee had a wonderful outing today hacking in the ring. This beautiful gelding is a dream to work with. Although green, he complies with every request we ask of him. Pelee is wonderful for the vet and farrier, trailers nicely, stands on cross ties, tacks up quietly and stands at the mounting block. Pelee has no limitations and no vices- he’s such a nice horse!

Inquire today about bringing him home!

07/18/2025

"Power Back" wanted me to tell everyone to have a weekend just as amazing as the view from his stall window.

📍Oxford, PA

07/18/2025

Another episode of ❤Humans Behind the Horses❤
I would like everyone to meet Judy! Her love and passion for these horses and animals is amazing.

"I first started volunteering with TRRAC in 2020 when Nina was kind enough to take a horse to Pocopson Nursing Home for the residents to see. I became the treat queen, showing up to spoil the horses. As a child, I would try and save any animal I found. I started in rescue with dogs in the 80's and still save senior, hospice and time-stamped dogs - I have fostered and saved hundreds. I have done farm work on and off for many years and jumped at the chance to come work for TRRAC in 2024 . Every horse that comes through has 100% been treated like it is my own - I am always giving lots of kisses and treats. My philosophy is that animals are better than people 😂. "

But don't be mistaken by her philosophy... she also has helped feed the homeless in Philadelphia for years ❤.

07/15/2025

❤The Humans Behind the Horses❤
I would like everyone to meet Makayla! She is 15 years old and has been spending a lot of her free time volunteering for TRRAC. She is amazing with the horses and we appreciate her hard work and dedication so much!

"My name is Makayla. I met Nina early in 2025 when boarding my retired pony with her. I’ve always loved thoroughbreds and I loved meeting the horses who came in and out of the barn. I started volunteering in April. I love meeting and working with so many different horses and dedicating my time to horses that need it. I’ve ridden in competitive hunter/jumpers, dabbled in dressage and liberty as well as IEA. I bought my first horse in 2023, an unraced thoroughbred and he taught me so much. I am grateful to get the opportunity to work with such great horses and people."