It has been a very busy year for the TAKE THE LEAD Thoroughbred Retirement Program. TAKE THE LEAD has found placements for 155 racehorses retiring from the New York Racing Association tracks in 2023, an accomplishment that would not be possible without the commitment of its Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance-accredited partners.
In appreciation of their hard work and dedication, and in keeping with the spirit of the season, TAKE THE LEAD has distributed $20,000 in holiday donations to these invaluable organizations.
“We cannot overemphasize how vital our TAA-accredited aftercare partners are to ensuring happy and healthy lives beyond the track for New York's racehorses,” said TTL President Rick Schosberg. “It is a real challenge to provide the rehab, retraining, and rehoming that the horses require, and an even bigger challenge to raise the funds needed to do the job. We want to take a moment during the holidays to say thank you. Our only wish is that the donations could be even bigger.”
TAKE THE LEAD was created by the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association in 2013 to find homes for NYRA's racehorses. To date, more than 1,100 Thoroughbreds have been retired through TAKE THE LEAD. The majority of the horses head to New Vocations and ReRun, with ACTT Naturally, Akindale, Final Furlong, Lollypop Farm, Lucky Orphans, Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, and War Horses at Rose Bower also doing their part over the past year.
Schosberg added, “We also want to express our gratitude to New York's owners and trainers, who have embraced responsible retirement through TAKE THE LEAD, and have been staunch in their support of our program. We are seeing more and more horses retired 'one race early,' which helps everyone – the horses retire sounder, the aftercare organizations have an easier time finding their forever homes and can help more horses, and the owners save on added training and vet bills. It's a win-win-win.”
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