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Millstone Township, NJ – April 20, 2017 – Twenty Standardbreds are weighed and tagged to ship to the Mexican and Canadian slaughterhouses
Because the Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) is presently paying for all the care, board and medical needs on 390 trotters and pacers it cannot take on these needy horses, but there are ways to help. The greatest need for each of these horses is a soft landing, a place to live out their last years. Their ages range from 12 -21. Here is how you and SRF can save these horses that likely have been pulling heavy farm equipment, and were used for transportation since leaving the racing oval.
- If you choose to take a horse back that you bred, owned or trained or wish to help a horse, SRF will assist with the facilitation. The list with their prices are included.
- For horses with a home offer, but the home is unable to pay for the horse and and the shipping (often to rural parts of the US), SRF will collect donations to help.
- For a horse with no safe place to go, if donations cover all expenses, the price of the horse, shipping to quarantine, then shipping again to a boarding facility for rehabilitation and retraining for adoption and several months of board, SRF will consider whether it can take on the responsibility of another horse. This is approximately $3,000.
- For horses with no help at all, the controversial option that is being considered is humane euthanasia. The cost is, the kill pen's purchase price, in addition to shipping to a facility, the veterinarian and rendering, approximately $550.
These horses, when shipped for slaughter, are crammed into eighteen-wheelers for long periods of time en-route without any care for injuries or sickness. Some have open wounds, eye injuries, are starving; some are in their late years, others are just worn out. "Avoiding the decision for humane euthanasia means we are choosing to send them to slaughter. Slaughter is real and heinous," says Judy Bokman, SRF's Executive Director.
SRF reached out to other groups with no luck or there were caveats that don't align with SRF's mission. A NYS group is not taking in any new horses. A group in Ohio relinquish ownership and doesn't follow-up beyond one year, which easily results in the need for a second rescue of a horse. One group in Wisconsin has no formal follow-up program. People have lifestyles changes and for some, their horses become the victims, hence, SRF's lifelong follow-up program.
In 2017 SRF helped 550 Standardbreds in kill pens in addition to many other right off the track, of which nearly 400 are still under its care and expense, this is in spite of 330 adoptions secured for these and others that had already been with the 29 year old program.
The number of horses was 23 just yesterday, but when the kill buyer had a load ready to ship and and it wasn't full; we suspect that he pulled 2 from this group, as 2 are now missing from the list provided. To offer a home, make a tax-deductible gift to help SRF facilitate a horse to a home being offered, or to send a gift for SRF to afford taking on one, contact SRF AT 732-446-4422 or
Their deadline is Tuesday, April 24th at 4pm.
A choice can made whether a horse leaves the earth by the heinous act of slaughter or through humane euthanasia. Should some horses not receive help and you wish to provide a more peaceful passing please call us to
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| TAG # |
NAME | SEX AGE | TATTOO | EARNINGS |
PRICE | SIRE/ DAME |
| 1871 | Mister Mystic N | G,16 | ZH205 | $403,984 | $800 | In The Pocket-Seafield Mystic-Nero's Bebe |
| 1877 | Yankee Fur OR Stubling | G, ? | ? | ? | $720 | |
| 1864 | Nole | G, 14 | 1BE96 | $54,911 | $810 | Yankee Glide-CR Seminole Sister_Royal Trubador |
| 1865 | T-N-T Dozer | G, 20 | T4635 | $23,102 | $910 | Sir Taurus-Midnight Oasis-Desert Night |
| 1866 | Forward Action |
G, 15 | 4AE47 | $761 | $810 | Moving Foarward-Action Goal_Ambro Goal |
| 1868 | Valid Movement | G, 14 | 4DB75 | $31,602 | $800 | Towner's Big Guy-Chevie Sprints-Sport Master |
| 1863 | Artistocracy | G, 14 | 9BD28 | $56,013 | $810 |
Artiscape-Expensly Ashley-Expensive Scooter |
| 1867 | Loutopia | M, 18 | WC096 | $0 | $660 | Sir Taurus-Golden LOu-Baltic Speed |
| 1869 | Demartini (formerly Whitsand Predator) | G, 17 | XR713 | $0 | $835 | Grinfromeartoea r-Filly Bahama-Matt's Scooter |
| 1880 | Us Invader | G, 20 | T0018 | $38,784 | $660 | Balanced Image-Picaboo Flame-Keystone Flame |
| 43 | Dale | G. 15 | 8AC46 | $10,454 | $892 | Inquirer Mandalay Bay-Overcomer |
| No Tag | Native Avenue | G, 7 | 2J771 | $3,460 | $940 | All American NAtive-Lady Welagin-Walton HAnover |
| 688 | Indiego | G, 21 | SC361 | $0 | $892 | Die Laughing-Nude Indigo-Abercombie |
| No Tag | DC's Piggy Bank | G, 15 | 5A679 | $589,811 | $675 | Banker Hall-HT's Sweetie Pie |
| No Tag | Hillbilly Style OR Letsgo Dort | G, ? | ? | ? | $650 | |
| No Tag | Bob J L | G, 15 | 9CN42 | $48,026 | $600 |
Dauntless Bunny-Etoile De Mai-Rumpus Hanover |
| N/A | Captain | G, 13 | 9C641 | $1,540 | $700 | BREEDER SAVED Him and Took Him Home. |
| No Tag | RC Kettle Chip | G, 11 | 4EC77 |
$12,099 | $1200 |
Dream Vacation-Malhana Gunilla-Bonefish |
| No Tag | Jeremy Sharky | G, 15 | 4A407 | $255,982 | $750 | Sharkys Spur-One Of The Kids-Albert Albert |
| No Tag | Secret Impression | M, 14 | 4B682 | $49,380 | $625 | Go Get Lost-Tuf Tonya-TZ |
| 760 | Casimir Army Patrol | G, 20 | TR315 | $0 | $700 | Shre Patrol-Casimir Mooky |
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