February 2010: THANKS to everyone who came out to the Second Stride Fundraiser Handicapping Contest at Chick Inn! Best of 41 competitors was contest winner Mike Snyder. The event was organized by Second Stride board member and secretary Jean Amick and her wonderful support team including Kent Amick, Mr. and Mrs. Barry, Larry Heil, Jim and Suzie Asseff, Joan and Brian Thompson, Kathy and Mark Stim, Chick Inn owners, staff and patrons, Hermitage Farm, Bill Landes and many others.

See photos from the Chick Inn Handicapping contest at right. All proceeds benefit the horses of Second Stride Inc. non-profit organization for retired thoroughbred racehorses.


SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 17, 2010. Sound Horses Available for Adoption from Local Equine Adoption Agencies, including Second Stride! The Annual John Henry Memorial Equine Adoption Fair to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park Indoor Arena. Call 859-259-4209 for more information.


SECOND STRIDE provides professional rehabilitation, retraining and placement of retired thoroughbred racehorses with a goal of ensuring safe, healthy and productive lives after the race track. The program specializes in giving retired thoroughbreds the proper care and quality training they need to succeed in something new.

Former Second Stride horses are now competing in dressage, eventing and polo, working as search and rescue horses, ranch cutting horses, lesson horses or trail or pleasure horses.

Since its inception in 2005, Second Stride has placed more than 150 horses in new homes. In addition to helping those horses, many people have benefited by having a great new companion.

We seek VOLUNTEERS with experience in fundraising and a passion for helping retired thoroughbred racehorses, as we work toward our goal to develop a financial base of support to care for more horses. Our program is small and in it's formative years, so every volunteer can make a huge impact.

Email us at secondstride@insightbb.com if you'd like to help Second Stride as a VOLUNTEER.


Retired racehorse "BOMB SITE", ADOPTED!

"Bomber" and Jane won the thoroughbred and non-thoroughbred divisions of the North American Point–to-Point Association Championship / Junior Field Master’s Chase! more photos of Bomb Site enjoying his new career >>

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