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Happy "No Blanket" Day From Sonny!
Can't believe it's been 1 year : )
I smiles because my mum gives me carrots 🤩
TRRAC Graduate - Sonny!
To celebrate our 10 Year Anniversary and the versatility of the Thoroughbred, each month this year will highlight a different second career path our hundreds of TAA graduates have succeeded in after their racing days came to an end. Up first is Eventing (AKA "the equestrian triathlon") and TAA Grad "Beacos Disco Pants" adopted by Freya Andrews via TRRAC - Thoroughbred Retirement, Rehabilitation and Careers
3 Day Eventing originated as a cavalry test and is comprised of three phases: dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Eventing tests horse and rider pairs in a way that the Thoroughbred is well equipped to handle, making it one of the most popular second careers for OTTBs!
We primarily focus on the evaluation, rehab and placement of Monmouth Parks thoroughbreds into an appropriate program at one of our partner farms, however there are a some that have become pensioned residents with us that require year round donations for their continued care.
While we always appreciate monetary donations, we do however, also accept in-kind donations of hay, grain, blankets or any other stable or horse related items.
If you would like to make a monetary donation I will link our site to do so, but if you would like to make an in-kind donation or sponsor one of our pensioners please message us.
If you're looking to adopt a SCTAP horse you can check with any of our partner farms linked below!
No matter how you choose to support our program we are truly grateful! All donations are tax deductible where applicable by law, as we are a 501 c3 non-profit organization.
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Merry Christmas from Grand Offer - Peach - and her family! Peach is taking her selfie and frisking Santa for carrots! We love her so much.
This amazing warhorse mare retired from racing in July 2020 after 84 career starts, almost all of them at Charles Town. She was placed through our program the following month and is now adored by her new owner/adopter. 💕 🦄
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Thank you TRRAC - Thoroughbred Retirement, Rehabilitation and Careers
UPDATE on Chunnel our beloved NJ bred who many of you donated to so that we could give him his well deserved retirement after earning nearly 500k in his 76 starts! He has finally been adopted out of TRRACS program to a wonderful home in PA!
TRRAC - Thoroughbred Retirement, Rehabilitation and Careers
We are proud to present the 2021 ASPCA Makeover Marketplace, a premier listing of Thoroughbreds that have been carefully selected and prepared for a second career in sport and are now available for sale or adoption. For more information on how to shop the Marketplace, please see tbmakeover.org/rrp-tb-makeover-classifieds/buy-a-tb-makeover-horse. View the entire catalog at tbmakeover.org/marketplace.
Today, we're featuring Beacos Disco Pants (Temple City - High Nile, by Pioneerof the Nile), a 2016 16.0 hand dark bay/brown gelding bred in Kentucky by Mark Allen Toothaker. He sold for $25,000 at Fasig-Tipton and went on to make 31 career starts with three wins and total earnings of $63,659. His last race was on December 8, 2020 at Parx Racing under trainer Rory K. Huston. TRRAC - Thoroughbred Retirement, Rehabilitation and Careers assisted in his transition to a second career.
Junior Makeover trainer Freya Andrews describes Beacos Disco Pants as amateur and junior friendly in a variety of disciplines. "More on the forward side, but BRAVE BRAVE BRAVE, nothing bothers this horse. He has been just started in dressage and has proven to have some beautiful talent in many of the dressage elements. He has an amazing future as an eventer or show jumper! Danny has proven to be a fabulous trail horse and will lead or follow. You’re not going to have a nicer horse to work with."
Beacos Disco Pants is located in Baltimore, Maryland and is expected to compete in Eventing at the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA). For full listing, including contact information, additional photos and info, and price, please visit
https://www.tbmakeover.org/horse-profile?type=0&yr=2021&horse=674
So proud of my buddy Fleet yesterday! He tackled his first courses on grass and at a new height. A really good boy for his second horse show ever! #FleetsPeople #FleetGoldDigger #grandslamequestrian
TRRAC - Thoroughbred Retirement, Rehabilitation and Careers Derby at The Vineyard Show Series Paradox Country Farm Penns Woods Winery
Today was Cash’s first day in this arena. I didn’t have time to ride, but I did have time to work with him. For me, it’s not always about riding him. Groundwork, spa days, hand grazing, and companionship are all important parts of horsemanship. I put Cash on the lunge line (not unusual for him but not routine) and we worked on verbal commands & using body language to communicate…walk, trot, canter, & touch. Each step executed to the left & repeated on the right. He completed these with ease, so no need to keep repeating them. Then we did ground pole work (still on the lunge line) over & center (left & right) again using verbal commands & body language. Again he completed these with ease. The real test was …will he do these things I ask…off the lunge line. So…I took the lunge line off…and sent him away. Around he went at a walk…a trot…then a canter. All by body language & voice. Then I asked him to join up. Just by a cuing him..like I did before with all the other exercises. And…he did! I couldn’t believe it! I was in shock. I asked him twice. Once left. Once right. Both times he successfully completed what I asked. I was crying. A 1,200 pound animal I was able to “control”. Not by force. Not with any cruel tools. Only my voice & body language…because I asked him to. Not force him. I still was blown away. Still crying. Then…my friend Dana Marie arrived. I invited her into the arena (safely) as I sent Cash around one more time (just to make sure I wasn’t dreaming). Again, he did as I asked…this time with an audience. Today Cash & I connected on another level. Great moments occur on the ground too. Not just on their backs. Thank you Cash for letting me know…we are doing this thing right.
