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Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Success Stories: The Adventures of Starship Chewy

Ashley Kruse was browsing through Remember Me Rescue’s Facebook page when she happened upon Starship Chewy’s listing. Intrigued, she made an appointment with the organization to meet him. Ashley traveled to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance accredited organization located in Burleson, Texas, eager to meet this promising horse.

Starship Chewy, a 2015 gelding, had a racing career that spanned six years, during which he competed 45 times across California, New Mexico, and Arizona, earning a total of $45,882. His racing days behind him, Chewy was ready for a new chapter.

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Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Success Stories: Finally Home for Burning Bluegrass

Racing For Home Inc., a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance-accredited organization, recently shared a heartwarming success story. It all began when they discovered a large group of horses for auction in Ohio. While most had found homes through various aftercare groups, two mares, Burning Bluegrass and Simply Belonging, were still in need. Despite space constraints, Racing For Home Inc. decided to take them both in, hopeful for their future.

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Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Building a Foundation of Trust Through Training

The Thoroughbred is an amazing horse. They truly are the most intelligent and hard-working horses out there. There is just something about sitting on the back of an animal bred for speed and witnessing them trying to figure out this new life and being a willing participant in all the stuff we ask them to do.

My last update on my lovely 2024 Makeover hopeful, Mr Nobility, was a frustrating mess consisting of everything that could go wrong, went wrong.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Success Stories: Exceeding Expectations With Let’s Get It Did

After riding and competing on ponies, Camden Conway was ready to step up to a horse. After a lot of thinking, Camden’s father concluded that adopting a Thoroughbred would be the best course of action to find Camden a new horse.

In 2021, Camden received her new horse as a Christmas present. Let’s Get It Did is a 2018 bay mare who ran a total of three times at Woodbine. Camden’s father adopted her from LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Success Stories: A Racehorse’s Journey to the Hunter Jumper World

Chelsea Whalen previously had some experience training and retraining horses but had never worked with an off-the-track Thoroughbred. She embraced the challenge of transitioning a former racehorse into a Hunter Jumper. Chelsea found her perfect match at New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program. Many of the horses that go to New Vocations are put into a retraining program for a new discipline when they arrive.

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