February 9, 2012 – A broad-based group of Thoroughbred industry stakeholders announced today the establishment of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA)—an organization designed to serve as both the accrediting body for aftercare facilities that care for Thoroughbreds following the conclusion of their racing careers and a fundraising body to support these approved facilities. Funded initially […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 22nd annual Thoroughbred Charities of America Select Stallion Season Auction, will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington, Ky. The cocktail party-style event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and dinner followed by the Select Season Auction at 8:15 p.m. The auction […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) will host a unique fundraiser at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky. on Saturday, October 29. The fundraiser, called Play One for the Ponies, will offer bettors the opportunity to donate their pari-mutuel tickets to TCA. At the conclusion of the day’s race card, TCA will cash the […]

The Breeders’ Cup, the Paulick Report and Kentucky Derby winning jockeys Pat Day and Calvin Borel are teaming up for this year’s edition of “Breeders’ Cup or Bust”. For this third-year fundraiser, Paulick Report founder, Ray Paulick, and his business partner, Brad Cummings, will organize an 80-mile relay run and bike race from Keeneland Race […]

The Jockey Club announced today an enhancement to Thoroughbred Connect™, the organization’s online resource for rehoming Thoroughbreds at the conclusion of their racing or breeding careers. Under this new feature, persons in possession of Thoroughbreds in need of aftercare can now list those horses publicly on thoroughbredconnect.com. Those willing to provide assistance for a Thoroughbred […]

Contributions by owners and breeders to The Jockey Club’s retirement checkoff program in support of Thoroughbred aftercare now qualify as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes, it was announced today by The Jockey Club’s President and Chief Operating Officer James L. Gagliano. The retirement checkoff program was implemented in 2009 with proceeds benefiting the […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) announced today grants totaling $903,450 have been awarded to 81 Thoroughbred industry-related non-profits that work to uphold TCA’s mission. TCA distributes grants to several categories of Thoroughbred industry related nonprofits including rescue, rehabilitation and adoption organizations as well as education and backstretch programs, therapeutic riding programs and […]

The Jockey Club today announced the launch of Thoroughbred ConnectTM, a free online service designed to assist with placement of Thoroughbreds following the conclusion of their racing or breeding careers. A component of The Jockey Club’s Interactive RegistrationTM, Thoroughbred Connect enables Registry customers to express their willingness to be contacted by the possessor of a […]

Teigland, Franklin & Brokken, DVMs, P.A. held its annual charity golf tournament at the Pembroke Lakes Country Club in Pembroke Lakes, Florida on March 7, 2011. There were 134 participants in this year’s tournament, including horsemen and women from Gulfstream Park, Calder Race Course and Palm Meadows Training Center, as well as representatives from equine […]

The Jockey Club has renewed the retirement checkoff program that enables owners and breeders to support Thoroughbred aftercare programs at the time they register their foals in 2011, and will once again donate $100,000 to each of the program’s two beneficiaries, it was announced today by James L. Gagliano, the president of The Jockey Club. […]