Big Dog Ranch Rescue was selected to participate in the FTI Great Charity Challenge 2014!
Monday, December 16 2013
The 2014 Challenge Over the past 4 years, the FTI Consulting Great Charity Challenge presented by Fidelity Investments® distributed over $4.2 million to more than 90 Palm Beach County charities. We have set our fundraising goals high for 2014 and hope to exceed our $1.5 million target! Applications for the 2014 Great Charity Challenge are now closed. A random drawing of all charities that applied and were approved took place on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL
- Published in Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs
Hoping, Dreaming and Loving The OTTB
Monday, March 11 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan A great book! We are knee-deep in the Sidelines OTTB Photo contest and it has been amazing to read each story and see the photos. They are heartwarming and amazing stories and show the strength and determination of the Thoroughbred breed.
- Published in Editor's Notes, Z-Blogs
Enter The Sidelines Magazine OTTB Photo Contest
Friday, March 01 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan Enter the Sidelines Magazine OTTB Photo Contest now! Sidelines Magazine OTTB Photo Contest “Beyond the Track and Under Tack” Sponsored by Fenwick Equestrian Products and OnTyte Magnetic Stirrup System Contest runs March 2 – 16 One entry per person – no professional photos allowed, unless submitted by the professional photographer Sidelines Magazine is a big fan of Off the Track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) – and we know you are too! We want to see photos of your OTTBs – so the search is on! They can be photos around the barn, at a show, or even in the horse’s former life on the track. The OTTB doesn’t have to belong to you – it can be a horse you ride, admire or wish you owned! No professional photos – unless the professional photographer submits them!! And only one entry per person.
- Published in Editor's Notes, Z-Blogs
1,000+ Ex-Racehorses Transitioned into Second Careers through CANTER Chapters’ Free Online Sales Listings
Tuesday, February 26 2013
Show Ring Success and Thoroughbred Incentive Programs Ignite Interest in Ex-Racehorses Lodi, OH (February 26, 2013) – CANTER Chapters are celebrating a milestone year for transitioning ex-racehorses into second careers through their free online sales listings. The 10 CANTER Chapters online sales websites served 596 trainers at 30 racetracks nationally in 2012 and successfully transitioned 1,015 racehorses nearing the end of their racing careers. “Our horses try hard for us on the racetrack so our loyalty to them goes beyond their race careers,” noted Bob and Marcia Wolfe, trainers at Penn National Race Course, Grantville, PA
- Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs
Take the Time to Find the Right Pasture Buddy for Your OTTB
Friday, November 09 2012
Excerpt from Beyond the Track – Retraining the Thoroughbred from Racehorse to Riding Horse by Anna Ford (New Vocations’ Program Director) [Several] horses a year are returned to our program at New Vocations because they could not “get along” with the other horses they were turned out with, or vice versa.
- Published in Beyond the Track, General, Z-Blogs
Libertarian
Wednesday, September 12 2012
by Lisa Molloy/Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue It’s totally understandable how Libertarian previously commanded a sales price of $750,000 – he certainly has that wow factor! With 24 starts and approx.
- Published in General, Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs
ReRun and Akindale New Mid Atlantic location for OTTB’s!
Friday, August 31 2012
By Lisa Molloy/ReRun Horse Adoption The much awaited Mid Atlantic location for ReRun Horse Adoption and Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue is now up and running and already placing horses in loving pre-approved adoptive homes. Both registered charities operate out of the same location and each has their own application process
- Published in General, Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs