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Keeneland commenced a $1 per start owner contribution program in spring of 2011. Owners can opt-out of the program, which is administered through the paymaster of purse. Keeneland works with the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center, Kentucky Equine Humane Center, ReRun, New Vocations, Second Stride and Old Friends to place horses from its backstretch and its surrender stall. The track provides direct contributions, fundraising assistance, sponsorships and consulting to its affiliated retirement organizations primarily through the Keeneland Foundation, a 501(c)(3). The track has provided educational and training materials at no cost to organizations and individuals involved in racehorse aftercare. Turfway Park facilitates direct funding of aftercare programs through its paymaster of purse. Owners automatically contribute $1 per start, with Turfway Park matching that contribution. Funds are distributed annually to participating aftercare facilities, based on the percentage of horses serviced by each organization. Status reports on the placed horses are required. Turfway Park has relationships with the Kentucky Equine Humane Center, CANTER Kentucky, New Vocations, Speak Up for Horses and Old Friends. The track provides one dedicated surrender stall; however, more are added as necessary. Horses are fed, watered, groomed, walked and turned out in a round pen if physical condition permits. Trainers are encouraged to continue care for their horse until the animal leaves the grounds. A horse’s length of stay depends on available transportation. Turfway promotes its aftercare program through print communications, condition books, social media and a Racehorse Adoption Awareness Day. Turfway staff work on a case-by-case basis with owners and trainers on with placement issues. LOUISIANA Fair Grounds Race Course Harrah’s Louisiana Downs Casino & Racetrack Fair Grounds Race Course and the Louisiana HBPA have a direct funding mechanism in place through the paymaster of purse, by which owners contribute $1 per start. Fair Grounds is affiliated with Louisiana Horse Rescue (LHR), a program started by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association. Financial aid, fundraising assistance and advertising in the condition book are provided. LHR’s policy is that no unwanted horse will be turned away; the organization has assisted more than 30 horses to date. As a CDI track, Fair Grounds participates in the Green Pastures Program (see Churchill Downs). Louisiana Downs works with Louisiana Horse Rescue, partnering on fundraising at the track and promotions. 6
MARYLAND Laurel Park Pimlico Race Course Laurel and Pimlico, owned by MI Developments, Inc., both work with Thoroughbred Placement Services and Encore Thoroughbreds, making cash and in-kind contributions, encouraging on-track fundraising, demonstrations, awareness building and seminars. Additional funds to Thoroughbred retirement and re-training programs in Maryland are contributed through the Thoroughbred After-Care Program (GP TACP) of MID sister racetrack Gulfstream Park. (See Florida, Gulfstream Park.) MASSACHUSETTS Suffolk Downs Suffolk Downs and the New England HBPA have incorporated an aftercare funding mechanism into their purse agreement. The track is affiliated with CANTER New England, which hosts a “showcase” in the track’s stable area to allow prospective adopters an opportunity to inspect a large number of adoptable horses in one place. CANTER facilitates communication between the prospective buyers and current horse owners and trainers. In 2009, Suffolk Downs, in conjunction with the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and through the support of the Fields Family Foundation, also established a home for retired racehorses at the Plymouth County Sheriff's Farm in Plymouth, MA, where inmates from the Plymouth County Correctional Facility care for the horses as part of the facility’s vocational program. Suffolk Downs in 2008 became the first racetrack in the country to implement a strict anti-slaughter policy for owners and trainers with horses stabled on its grounds. MINNESOTA Canterbury Park Canterbury Park supports the Minnesota <strong>Retired</strong> Racehorse Project, Second Chance Ranch and Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue with financial contributions. The Minnesota HBPA contributes $1 per start, which is matched by Canterbury. The Minnesota <strong>Retired</strong> Racehorse Project is allotted stalls in the stable area to receive unwanted or retired racehorses for rehabilitation/retraining and adoption. Horsemen and feed providers contribute feed, bedding, vet care and labor. Horses that are not adoptable are permanently retired at a state veterinarian’s 4,000-acre ranch. Over the last 12 years, more that 370 horses have been adopted or retired through the Canterbury Park programs. 7
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EQUINE SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS EQUINE POP
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Breeds Table 4. EQUINE INVENTORY AN
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EQUINE BY PRIMARY USE The 2005 Equi
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EQUINE OPERATIONS New York had 33,0
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Discipline Table 12. EQUINE OPERATI
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District Table 16. VALUE OF EQUINE
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OPERATOR INFORMATION In 2005, respo
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County Table 22. EQUINE INVENTORY A
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UNDERSTANDING RACING SURFACE SAFETY
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SAFETY AND THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL LITE
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Hill, A.E., Stover, S.M., Gardner,
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2 Introduction The American Associa
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