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By: Erin Shea Inspired by what he experienced while wagering at the 2017 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar, Bob Hutton returned to Arizona with an idea to raise money for Thoroughbred aftercare.  Hutton, the president of the Arizona Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association, was making wagers on AmTote machines that had a pop-up ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea  Sarah MacHarg was searching for a potential 2018 Thoroughbred Makeover horse while spending time with friends who worked at Jim and Susan Hill's Margaux Farm near Midway, Ky. While waiting for her friends to finish their day's work, she noticed a playful horse.  ''He was very cheeky and very cat and ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea Ten Tequilas is just the kind of horse Barbara Luna has a soft spot for. The former program administrator for Turning for Home—a program at Parx Racing that helps retiring horses find a place to land off the track—founded War Horses at Rose Bower in 2013 to assist retiring ''war horses.'' Luna specifically looks ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea  In only six years The Jockey Club's Thoroughbred Incentive Program—a program that offers annual awards for off-track Thoroughbreds to encourage the retraining of racehorses—has grown from offering awards and classes at 150 horse shows to 1,200 shows in 42 states and six Canadian provinces for 2018.  In ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea  Vinceremos, the Machmer Hall-bred who ran in the 2014 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), was on a familiar path. Even with his promising start on the Derby trail and a grade 3 win as a 3-year-old, as time went on he started to drop down through the claiming ranks.  The son of Pioneerof the Nile ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea  The team behind the Thoroughbred Classic Horse Show would love to see their 2018 edition of their annual Holiday Classic event go off without a hitch.  Forces outside of the organizers' control affected the past two editions of the December show—in 2016 it was cancelled due to an outbreak of Equine Herpes ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_ESheaOn the track, multiple graded stakes winner Nates Mineshaft was a versatile racehorse through 39 starts in nine seasons.  Making his graded debut at age 5, the son of Mineshaft picked up three graded wins including a score in the 1 1/8-mile New Orleans Handicap (G2). The next season he won on the turf in an ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea  The last horse through the ring in the penultimate session of the 2017 Keeneland November sale was a chestnut son of Street Cry. Named Street Jersey, he was consigned as Hip 3914 by Hunter Valley Farm as a stallion prospect. Street Jersey accumulated a record of 1-1-4 and earnings of $69,750 from seven starts for ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea  The Stronach family's Adena Springs is known in the Thoroughbred industry as a successful breeder and owner participating in the highest levels of the game in the United States and Canada, but the Stronachs are also advocates for responsible aftercare. In addition to supporting outside aftercare nonprofits and ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea   The racing industry in Minnesota has recently increased its efforts to help retiring horses with life off the track. Thanks to legislation passed in 2015, fines collected from rulings at Canterbury Park and Running Aces Casino & Racetrack were allocated to a fund, which awarded $46,000 to three aftercare ...