CANTER Ohio

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Our friends at @Mareworthy & @BTREGail are leading the charge to get them safe. Please help if you can. https://t.co/h9AUMXSUQv

[Repole Stable @RepoleStable]

For everyone who truly loves these incredible Thoroughbred athletes, you’ll understand my frustration with @jockeyclub.

Through the NTA, Pat and I spent months doing real work on aftercare research, due diligence, calls, meetings, and conversations with hundreds of passionate people across the industry.

Sixteen months ago, we presented a sustainable funding model to the incoming Chairman and the longtime ineffective President of The Jockey Club, one we believed could generate $20 million annually in NEW aftercare funding. We even discussed issuing a joint press release.

Months later, we were told they “passed.”

Then in August at Saratoga, I met directly with the Stewards and asked a simple question: Why was this proposal rejected???
I was told, by the Stewards themselves, that they had never even seen the proposal. 😡

Let that sink in.

A viable plan that could deliver $20 million more every year for aftercare was either ignored, buried, or intentionally withheld.

How many Thoroughbreds could have been saved from slaughter, kill pens, or being shipped to Puerto Rico or Mexico with that funding???
How many more programs could have been supported???
How much more could the TAA and other aftercare organizations have accomplished???

This is disappointing, devastating, and beyond sad.

The Jockey Club and its Stewards have failed the industry, and worse, they have failed the Thoroughbred.

@BloodHorse, @theTDN, and industry leaders: please get answers.
Transparency matters. Accountability matters.

We must rally together and demand real, additional funding for aftercare, not optics, not excuses.

You have my full dedication and commitment to lead this charge.

We must demand immediate answers and action from The Jockey Club and its Stewards on this critical issue.

Below is the basic model the NTA has been pushing for the past 18 months.
What do you think???

[CANTER Ohio @CANTER_Ohio]

@amytheartist And paper ballots aren't being offered? In Ohio you can request a paper ballot even if the machines are working. Weird.

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Another great day at the @RRP_TBMakeover! Love seeing our CANTER grads tearing it up!

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Welcome to CANTER farm, Marsico. CANTER grad, Dukkhan is excited to show you around.

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@fullcircleeq @mpadgett011258 Thank you! It's hard to keep up with social media as a team of volunteers who all have add'l FT jobs (and horses!). We try.

[Jstewartrr @jstewartrr]

Happy to announce the 20 aftercare programs that were selected for this years @KentuckyDerby charity poker event.

Sorry we couldn’t include everyone.

We are raising $200k for thoroughbred aftercare. Many of you have helped to make this possible. Thank you.

#actionnotwords #horseracing @theTDN @BloodHorse @ChurchillDowns

Special thanks to all of those donating. @coolmoreamerica @RepoleStable @AirdrieStud @kdonworth @WhiteHorseIns @george__hills @TaylorMadeSales @WinStarFarm @QatarRacingClub @westpointtbred @Gainesway @HunterRankin @jeremysdelk @HillnDaleFarm @FourPillarsFarm @FasigTiptonCo @flothejock Mike maker

[LFields @trainerup1]

@fudwvu @MrKenRudulphTV The industry should be paying for aftercare. Not aftercare facilities begging from the public.

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@RRP_TBMakeover Yes! Stories about the volunteers who help transition horses to new careers, and the money non-profits raise to do so.

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@LindaCKBL Accurate. My Tiznow child is similarly opinionated.

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@vmcernadas @RRP_TBMakeover 😂😂😂 fair. Like I said, I was only thinking of a situation here where we couldn't get the help we needed for a humane case because of the way the law works.

[CANTER Ohio @CANTER_Ohio]

@RRP_TBMakeover Little by little...which is why these conversations are so important! Education, education, education! Step one: no horse leaves the track without a promise of safety! (also unrealistic 😂)

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@RRP_TBMakeover Good point! I was just thinking about some humane cases we've dealt with... thanks for the perspective!

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@RRP_TBMakeover I was thinking about our humane cases in my area -- it's hard to prosecute because horses are livestock on our books.

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@RRP_TBMakeover @LindaCKBL Canter Ohio is interested in learning more about your ideas. We hold fundraisers at our track all summer long. Loop us in!

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@iamcatallen @RRP_TBMakeover What if all horses had to be registered every few years like we do for dogs & cars? I have to get a dog license every year, & my car has to pass an e-check to get tags. Horsed dumped could be traced to last owner & fined (jailed)

[Jonathan Horowitz @jjhorowitz]

There is SO much to love about this photo. Trainer Kim Oliver reconnected with her stakes-winning stable star Mr Wild Kitty at the Spring Gulch Horse Trials on Sunday. Then “Tigger” and Pat Parkhill, his new rider who absolutely adores him, won the blue ribbon at Beginner Novice.

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@kaitlinefree Lady Dyanaformer. Every entry.