New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program

and

Retired Racehorse Training Project

Present

Thoroughbreds For All Kentucky

An Evening of Education and Fellowship for Fans of

Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses

on Rolex Weekend in Lexington, Kentucky

The event takes place at 5:30pm on Friday, April 26 fifteen miles from the Kentucky Horse Park in the covered arena at West Wind Farm, 4787 Haley Rd., Lexington KY 40516.  A southern style dinner and cash bar will be followed by demonstrations on selecting horses, how racehorses are ridden, getting started with horses fresh off the track, and where your horse off the track might take you.  

Highlights of the evening include 

• Phillip Dutton, America's leading three day event rider, will share what he looks for in Thoroughbreds off the track and how his program at True Prospect Farm builds on what racehorses already know to produce internationally successful three day event horses.
• Chris McCarron, hall of fame jockey and founder of the North American Riding Academy, will demonstrate the skills used by jockeys and exercise riders to settle a horse and allow it to fulfill its athletic potential
• A panel of top three day event riders will evaluate and work with a group of recent New Vocations arrivals, demonstrating what they look for in a horse and how they begin their work with horses off the racetrack
• Three Chimneys Farm will offer a behind-the scenes tour for all ticket-holders to this event on Sunday morning before Rolex show jumping.

All sessions will be moderated by Steuart Pittman of RRTP and Anna Ford of New Vocations.

The event will run from 5:30pm to 9pm and includes a southern style dinner and cash bar. Tickets are available for purchase online for $35 each with space limited initially to 300 people. 

In addition to the Friday evening event, Thoroughbreds For All! includes a printed and online catalogue of Thoroughbred ex-racehorses available for purchase or adoption in central Kentucky. The online catalogue will appear on the RRTP (retiredracehorsetraining.org) web site and be sorted by sponsoring organization or farm with mapping to the locations of the horses. The print catalogue will list the horses with their organizations and farms and be distributed through sponsoring vendors and organizations at the Kentucky Horse Park.