Retired Racehorses

The eight new groups join five existing equine rescues and sanctuaries across the country
originally selected in 2010 to take up the challenge of saving more thoroughbreds than ever
before: Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky.; Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred
Ex-Racehorses (CANTER) with chapters throughout the country; California Equine Retirement
Foundation Winchester, Calif.; Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue Chesapeake City, Md.; and Kentucky
Equine Humane Center in Lexington, Ky.
The selected recipients cover a wide range of thoroughbred rescues, and the grant funding helps
each of the groups increase capacity and rescue more horses. Plans have included expanding
direct intake programs, incorporating physical therapy/rehabilitation programs, renovating
facilities to accommodate more horses, creating a training voucher program to increase
adoptions, and implementing training programs for thoroughbreds to prepare them for second
careers.
In 2010 the ASPCA awarded more than $1 million in the form of 93 grants to equine rescue
groups and humane organizations in 32 states, nearly doubling the $546,789 distributed in 2009.
The ASPCA works to protect and aid horses through legislation, advocacy, education, targeted
grants, and enforcement of the carriage horse and cruelty laws in New York City.
The ASPCA Equine Fund provides grants to non-profit equine welfare organizations in the
United States for purposes in alignment with our efforts to protect horses. The ASPCA Equine
Fund grants program seeks to award equine organizations who strive to achieve best practices,
including maintenance of updated websites and robust fundraising practices. To learn more about
the ASPCA Equine Fund and 2010 grantees, visit www.aspcapro.org.
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