Aftercare

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What does it feel like to not fit in somewhere? It is an uncomfortable situation to be a square peg in a world that is expecting circles and conformity. It’s an awkward feeling that is sometimes overwhelming. Imagine a child who is locked inside their thoughts and feelings meeting a horse for the first time. As the gentle horse looks at the child with their luminous soft eyes, there is an innate nonverbal connection. People who have witnessed this magical moment often comment that it was as if the horse knew exactly what the child needed.

A Firmer Footing for Retired Horses and Veterans

Several years ago, Thoroughbred owner-breeder Earle Mack began hearing stories about military veterans finding relief from debilitating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through hands-on therapy sessions with horses.

A U.S. Army veteran who rose to the rank of lieutenant, Mack became keen on further exploring these overlapping passions of his — finding opportunities for ex-racehorses and raising awareness of a full-blown PTSD crisis that afflicts up to 30 percent of veterans nationwide and claims an average of 20 lives per day to suicide.

Pegasus, Eclipse Awards Raise Awareness for Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance

The inaugural $12-million Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Jan.

Old Friends at Cabin Creek a Labor of Love

GREENFIELD CENTER, N.Y. – Will’s Way is there, displaying the same stay-out-of-my-way attitude that allowed him to triumph in the Travers Stakes in 1995 and in the Whitney Handicap in 1997. When a television crew moved a bit too close some time ago, he reminded them that the paddock is his space – and definitely not theirs – by chomping on the camera.

Glorious Alliance: An OTTB Who Tweets

Glorious Alliance and Karen Graninger in Glory's second career as a show jumper. (Photos courtesy of Karen Graninger)

For most off-the-track Thoroughbreds, third careers usually come in the form of being retired to a pasture where their only job is to eat grass. But Glorious Alliance isn’t your typical Thoroughbred.

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