Irresponsible Thoroughbred Retirement Charity! What a Horror!

Barbara F · Grand Prix

Irresponsible Thoroughbred Retirement Charity! What a Horror!

Barnmouser Ash · Grand Prix

This is very upsetting, indeed. I suppose you could blame the economy, but I think the racehorse industry is big enough that a single purse could care for these animals properly for a great deal of time. This is truly sad to see :(

IrideaClyde · Well Schooled

This was also the topic of the day on Fugly Horse of the Day, Blog... http://fuglyblog.com/
All Charities should be accountable for every penny and all the horses they support be checked on routinely. Just giving money with out any safeguards in place is like giving Dracula the keys to the blood bank. JMO
As usual the poor horses are the ones that suffer. :(

Barnmouser Ash · Grand Prix

I agree with you entirely, Lee. Giving money blindly to charities without checking back on them to ensure that the money is going to the specified causes is ignorant and harmful to those who are actually educated about the situation and proactive about where their money is going. I wish the animals did not have to suffer due to the ignorance of the human caretakers :(

-- Edited by Barnmouser Ash on Saturday 19th of March 2011 03:13:17 PM

Nikki Salo · Grand Prix

I realize that it is a poor economy and most of the funds coming in are most likely non-profit through fundraisers etc. but if the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation can't afford to look after so many horses than they need to stop taking more horses on because the end result is sickening.

Barnmouser Ash · Grand Prix

Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation loses funding.

An update on the situation: The Mellon estate has ceased to give the TRF any more funding. The TRF has fired Dr. Stacey Huntington, the vet assigned to evaluate the horses at the more than two dozen facilities sponsored by the TRF. Read more at the link above or check out the Barnmice News group for updates :)

ETA:

Another update: Jockey Club Continues Support for Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation

James L. Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club says that The Jockey Club will be standing behind TRF and their endeavors, despite allegations made in the March 17th article in the New York Times by Joe Drape stating that there were horses in poor health under TRF-sponsored care.

-- Edited by Barnmouser Ash on Thursday 24th of March 2011 06:55:50 PM